Summer Group Show: July 2 - August 1, 2009

new works by:
Tom Fruin - Gandalf Gavan - Hankang Huang - Jonathan Hartshorn
Richard Kern - Mustafa Maluka - Schandra Singh - Storm Tharp
Sage Vaughn - Cynthia Westwood - Yarisal & Kublitz

MB&F and Sage Vaughn for "Only Watch".

MB&F and Sage Vaughn made a unique piece HM2 for Charity Auction "Only Watch".

There is a butterfly trapped in the movement of the latest watch to emerge from MB&F (Maximilian Büsser & Friends). And it has no hope of escaping, because the complicated movement is wrapped in barbed wire. This emotionally charged piece, a one-of-a-kind interpretation of MB&F’s Horological Machine No2, is signed by Sage Vaughn. It will be auctioned at Only Watch, the charity auction to benefit research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy to be held in Monaco on 24 September 2009.

The disease is a genetic disorder affecting boys. It causes a progressive weakening of the muscles that becomes fatal as the child gets older. The Monegasque Association against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (AMM) is a leading force in the drive to find a cure.

For more information: www.mbandf.com

Storm Tharp in the Whitney Museum

The gallery is happy to announce the recent acquisition of "Boom" by The Whitney Museum of American Art.The work was previously exhibited at Galerie Bertrand & Gruner's" Arrangement in Flesh Color and Black" and can be seen in the accompanying exhibition catalogue. http://www.whitney.org/

Schandra Singh at MoCA Shanghai

Schandra Singh's work will be included in the show "India Xianzai" at the MoCA ShanghaiJuly 10 to August 30, 2009.
A group exhibition highlighting the works of contemporary Indian artists such as: Jitish Kallat, Probir Gupta, Subodh Gupta, Sudarshan Shetty, TV Santosh.

Yarisal & Kublitz: feature ArtReview May 09

ArtReview May 2009 - feature written by Laura Allsop
To see the article click here

"MAYBE IT’S A SWISS THING”, SAYS RONNIE YARISAL, ONE HALF OF YARISAL & KUBLITZ (THE SWISS HALF, THAT IS; THE OTHER, KATJA KUBLITZ, IS DANISH), AS WE DISCUSS THEIR PRACTICE IN A CAFÉ IN BERLIN’S MITTE DISTRICT ON A BLISTERINGLY COLD DAY IN FEBRUARY (...)"

Yarisal & Kublitz: "Forever looks so good right now"

Mustafa Maluka included in "Younger than Jesus: The Artists Directory"

New Museum & Phaidon Press, 2009

Edited by Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman and assembled by a worldwide team of curators, writers, teachers, critics, and artists during the research phase of the New Museum’s new Triennial exhibition, “Younger Than Jesus,” the publication captures an imminent generational change in art, exploring how artists from the same age group can and cannot develop similar interests and express similar—and dissimilar—concerns across geographies and nationalities.

For more information: newmuseum.org

Mustafa Maluka on the cover of "South Africa Art Now"

Featured on the cover of the upcoming book by Sue Williamson "South Africa Art Now"Edition Harper Collins www.harpercollinscatalogs.com

Mustafa Maluka will have a solo show at Galerie Bertrand & Gruner, Geneva, in September 2009 and at Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, in November 2009

New artist represented: Richard Kern

Galerie Bertrand & Gruner is pleased to announce that Richard Kern is now represented by the gallery in Switzerland.

His first solo show at the gallery is scheduled for November 2009.

Sage Vaughn at Richard Heller Gallery

Sage Vaughn work is included in a group show at Richard Heller in Santa Monica, California.

Richard Heller Gallery
Bergamot Station #B-5A
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Group Show
June 5 - July 3, 2009
www.richardhellergallery.com

Sage Vaughn: N.A.S.A. "Way Down" (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)

Hankang Huang in ArtReview, March issue

ArtReview published a review of the solo show "Fragment of Numerous Impacts" in the March 2009 issue.

Hankang Huang doffs his hat to traditional Chinese imagery, setting refined linear forms within a pale mass of paper. His gently ironic take on the clash between old and new, however, firmly situates the work in China’s present: exotic animals and casually hip women wander through the paraphernalia of modern life, melding into one beast (...)
Skye Sherwin

Sage Vaughn solo show in Germany

Sage Vaugh is having a solo show in Hamburg, Germany with Art Agents Gallery from 3rd of April to 29th of May, 2009.

Art Agents will show Sage Vaughn's work in Art Brussel 2009 (24 - 27 April 2009).

Bertrand & Gruner at Volta5, Basel

Galerie Bertrand & Gruner will present works by:

Tom Fruin / Gandalf Gavan / Hankang Huang / Schandra Singh / Storm Tharp / Yarisal & Kublitz

For more information: voltashow.com

Schandra Singh at Volta NY

Schandra Singh lives and works in Poughkeepsie, New York. The MFA Yale graduate will be featured in "The Empire Strikes Back" with the Saatchi Gallery in 2009. In 2008, she held a solo show with Galerie Bertrand & Gruner in Geneva (Switzerland), accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Greg Tate.

As an artist whose cultural heritage stems from India and Austria, Schandra Singh uses the mode of storytelling of the Indian miniature painter juxtaposed with inspirations of the irony and satire found in Expressionism and Neo-expressionism.

On September 11th, 2001 Schandra Singh experienced and escaped the devastation of the World Trade Towers. Her home and studio were destroyed on that day. She had a large vertical blank canvas which remained unscathed. This is the canvas used for "Untitled". The right side is made up of a pattern of Muslims praying while the left side consists of every person she could gather who perished on that day, totaling 2915 victims. This is the first ever public viewing of "Untitled".

For more information, please see Volta NY website or galerie bertrand & gruner