Drawing Then: Innovation and Influence in American Drawings of the Sixties

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Dominique Lévy
909 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
January 27 – March 19, 2016

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Dominique Lévy in New York is currently showing a selection of drawings from some of my favourite artists. Curated by Kate Ganz, the exhibition features a variety of works by the likes of Agnes Martin, Brice Marden, Sol LeWitt, Richard Tuttle, Ellsworth Kelly and Josef Albers, among others. Looking at the evolution of drawing and the development of some of America's most prolific minimalists during an important time in the country's history, the show's tone is calm and mature, highlighting the power and impact their seemingly simple compositions.

—Dominique Lévy

Richard Tuttle and Agnes Martin: Religion of Love

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Hardback
36 pages, 9.5 x 8 inches
1 colour, 14 B&W illustrations
Published by Walther König, 2016

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"Because Religion of Love (written in 1990s) is so late in coming out, we hope it worth the wait. As representative of one of the most important artist’s late thinking; on the one hand, it reconfirms her most classical thought (Beauty is the mystery of life), and, on the other, adds new thought with an urgency only found in a mature artist of her age and persuasion. One of the most rigorous of sensibilities, we do not know what she meant by uncharacteristically asking another artist, Richard Tuttle, to illustrate her text, for she, unlike he, had a clear understanding of the meaning of illustration. Knowing that, he took it up as much to fathom a friend’s genius after their passing, as well as the chance to say goodbye, life did not include, yet made available in publication. Hopefully, the reader can enjoy these various levels of interaction as art." Richard Tuttle, London, September 2014.

—Available from Cornerhouse Publications

Richard Tuttle Editions at Gemini G.E.L.

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Looking for Love I, 2015
Three colour aquatint
55.88 x 76.52 cm
Edition of 28

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I couldn’t tell you why, but I’ve always gravitated towards artists admired by their peers; those applicable to the artist’s artist descriptor and that whole idea. Richard Tuttle is one such example, and having compulsively read about his output, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the Gemini G.E.L. website, lost in the sublimely beautiful editions he's created for the influential Los Angeles printmaking shop. I never imagined owning a piece of his work would be a possibility, but the site offers a relatively affordable way to acquire a signed creation by Tuttle, and many other certifiable masters – in the grand scheme of art collecting that is.

—Available from Gemini G.E.L.

Pace Gallery Summer Group Show

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Pace Gallery
32 East 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
July 15 – August 21, 2015

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Pace's uptown New York location is currently hosting an impressive group show, featuring an array of revered figures. With an emphasis on somewhat smaller works, the exhibition juxtaposes the likes of Alexander Calder, Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold and Richard Tuttle from the gallery's own stable, with Jackson Pollock and Fernand Léger, to create an engaging examination of modern artistic practice.

—Pace Gallery