Pace Gallery, which is almost 60 years old and has an important position in art history, opened a new headquarters building in New York's Chelsea on September 14.
Pace Gallery was founded in 1960 by Arne Glimcher in Boston. Committed to discovering the most outstanding and influential artists and works, and developing an artistic stage that will alive the world. Carrying this mission, Pace Gallery promotes the dynamic global program and agents many world-renowned artists, in London, Geneva, California, Hong Kong, Seoul and other branches, held exhibitions, set up public installations, carry on curation research, and many programs, spread the world's artistic heritage and ideas to the corners of the world for more people to see.
This new building cost more than $100 million, designed by Bonetti/Kozerski Architecture DPC, covers of about 75,000 square feet and has eight-stories high. Designed as a spacious pillarless building, the exhibition space can be more effectively planned, and visitors enjoy the art more freely. Adjusts the desired atmosphere according to the exhibition by the specially designed adjustable lighting system. In addition to the exhibition space, the new building also features a dining room, a library of 10,000 art books, an open art storage area, and a planned 2,200 square feet of space for new media productions, performances, and film screenings.
The gallery is currently only open on the 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7 floors, and exhibition on each floor is very attractive. The exhibition on the first floor is the exhibition "Small Sphere and Heavy Sphere" by Alexander Calder, a 20th-century linear sculpture master. The name of the exhibition is taken from his first hanging dynamic sculpture. Pace Gallery and Alexander Calder are the long-term cooperative relationship. This time, a total of 70 works from the 1920s to the 1960s were exhibited. They were displayed from the early hand-drawn sketches and linear sculptures to the later oil paintings and the first dynamic sculptures. The exhibition held until October 26.
Coming to the second floor is an exhibition by New York artist Loie Hollowell. Loie Hollowell's paintings focus on female nudes, with abstract images and reflections, symmetrical compositions, painting women in metaphysical way. She uses the crayon to make a base, draws the graphics and textures, and then uses oil paint to complete the painting. This is her first large solo exhibition in New York, which will hold until October 19.
Then go up to the 3rd floor and you will see the 20th century famous British pop art master David Hockney's latest work in 2019, and the exhibition by Peter Hujar's collaboration with Pace / MacGill. The exhibition showcases David Hockney's first works in Norman's studio. He saw the full of vitality scene in spring of the Normandy village, which inspired him to paint beautiful scenery. In addition, there are four single-piece works on display, which draw each of faces the 17th-century house, named East, West, South, and North. The exhibition holds until October 19.
The open roof space on the 6th floor is particularly stunning, and the outdoor sculpture space allows the audience to see the buildings of the entire Chelsea district. The sculptures exhibited currently features important works by artists such as Louise Nevelson, Lynda Benglis and Joel Shapior.
On the 7th floor of the gallery, Fred Wilson's chandeliers are hung. These works have been hung on a 19-foot ceiling on a 7-story gallery for 15 years and were exhibited for the first time as a whole work. Fred Wilson uses black Murano glass to create large and exquisite chandeliers in the form of Venetian and Ottoman traditions. Fred Wilson describes the heavy, complex history between Africa and Europe through this chandelier. This work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale and the Istanbul Biennale, and the exhibition will be held until October 12.
At the same time as the opening, Pace Gallery also announced the PaceX program, which is mainly to promote art and technology cooperation projects and experimental programs lacking support. The program specifically hired Christy MacLear as the program moderator, who used to be responsible for providing artists with art heritage and fund-related consulting at Sotheby's. At present, Pace is agenting two teams based on art and technology, TeamLab and Random International. It is very likely that the ticket sales model will be brought into the current gallery structure in the future.
Pace Gallery cooperates with a lot of artists, Vito Acconci, Richard Avedon, Jo Baer, Yto Barrada, Lynda Benglis, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Chuck Close, Nigel Cooke, Mary Corse, Keith Coventry, and other artists. You can look forward that Pace Gallery brings more great exhibitions and works to you in the future.
Figure 1：6th floor roof terrace
Figure 2 top left：2nd floor exhibition of Loie Hollowell
Figure 2 top right：6th floor outdoor sculpture
Figure 2 middle left：7th floor glass chandeliers by Fred Wilson
Figure 2 middle right：3th floor exhibition of David Hockney
Figure 2 left bottom ：1st floor library
Figure 2 right bottom ：1st floor exhibition of Alexander Calder
Photo by YIART
