Mitra Tabrizian
MURAT PULAT
Glass Studio, 2013
Oil On Canvas
63 x 86.6 in / 160 x 220 cm
(c) Murat Pulat
MOJDEH PISHYAR
Chocolate Beauty Mark, 2014
Oil on canvas
36 x 28 in / 91.4 x 71.1 cm
REZA ARAMESH
Action 137: 6:45 pm, 3 May 2012, Ramla, Proposal for a Public Sculpture, 2014
Marble
53.5 x 13.8 x 13.8 in / 136 x 35 x 35 cm
JOHN GORDON GAULD
Where Moth and Rust Consume, 2012
Watercolor on paper
30 x 22 in / 76.2 x 55.9 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Salomon Contemporary, New York
THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION
Self Portrait, 2013
Plaster, bust, enamel paint, cigarette butt
25 x 12 x 7 in / 63.5 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm
Courtesy the artist and Vito Schnabel, New York
WILL COTTON
Croquembouche, 2010
Oil on linen
54 x 39 in / 137.2 x 99.1 cm
Courtesy of the artist
AI WEIWEI
Hanging Man in Porcelain, 2009
Porcelain in huang huali wood frame, silver
19 x 17 x 1.1 in / 48.3 x 43.2 x 2.8 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery
FARIDEH LASHAI
Le Temps Perdu, 2007 – 2012
Painting (oil and graphite on canvas) with projected animated photographic images and sound
53 x 59 in / 134.6 x 149.9 cm
Edition of 3, 2 AP
ERIC FISCHL
The Krakoffs, 2006
Oil on linen
78 x 58 in / 198.1 x 147.3 cm
© Eric Fischl
Courtesy Mary Boone Gallery, New York
JACK PIERSON
Self Portrait #25, 2005
Pigment print
53.5 x 43 in / 135.9 x 109.2 cm
Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York
CHUCK CLOSE
Self-Portrait, 2004
Four holograms
11 x 14 in / 27.9 x 35.6 cm
LARRY CLARK
Jonathan Velasquez, 2004 (Printed 2007)
Pigment print
42.5 X 29.1 in / 107.95 X 73.98 cm
Edition of 3
Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York
RASHID RANA
Ommatidia II (Salman Khan), 2004
Digital Print
33.4 x 30.1 in / 85 x 76.4 cm
Digital chromogenic print mounted with diasec face
Edition of 20
DR LAKRA
Untitled (El Rostro), 2004
Ink on poster
14.5 x 18 in / 36.8 x 48 cm
GAJIN FUJITA
Hanja, 2003
Cut paper, spray paint and pencil
35 x 23 in / 88.9 x 58.4 cm
TAKASHI MURAKAMI
Van Gogh, 2001
Acrylic on canvas
39.5 x 39.4 in / 100.3 x 100 cm
HERB RITTS
Phillip Seymour Hoffman 1, Los Angeles, 1999
Gelatin silver print
14 x 11 in / 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Courtesy Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
R. CRUMB
Big Healthy Girl Enjoys Deep Penetration From The Rear, 1998
Ink and correction fluid on paper
13.8 x 16.5 in / 34.9 x 41.9 cm
© Robert Crumb, 1998
Courtesy the artist, Paul Morris, and David Zwirner, New York/London
SHIRIN NESHAT
Speechless (Women of Allah series), 1996
Gelatin silver print; unique
8 x 10 in / 20.3 x 25.4 cm
NAN GOLDIN
Joey on the Roof, NYC, 1996
C-print
16.5 x 24 in / 41.9 x 61 cm
Edition of 25
GEORGE CONDO
Untitled, 1995
Oil on canvas
12 x 10 in / 30.5 x 25.4 cm
JOHN CURRIN
Untitled, 1990
Oil on canvas
34 x 30 in / 86 x 76 cm
Private Collection, New York
MARCOS GRIGORIAN
Sonia...I Love NY, 1986
Mixed media on canvas
41 x 30 in / 104 x 76.2 cm
JEAN-MICHAEL BASQUIAT
Red Joy, 1984
Acrylic, oil stick and Xerox collage on canvas
86 x 67 in / 218.5 x 172.5 cm
WILLIAM WEGMAN
Untitled, 1983
Polaroid photograph
35.5 x 28.5 in / 90.2 x 72.4 cm
WAYNE THIEBAUD
Girl in Striped Blouse, 1973-75
Oil on canvas
66.1 x 36.1 in / 168 x 92 cm
© Wayne Thiebaud/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
Courtesy of Allan Stone Projects, New York
Photo: Joseph Protheroe
ALEX KATZ
Ada with Mirror, 1969
Oil on masonite
10 x 14 in / 25.4 x 35.6 cm
Courtesy Armand Bartos Fine Art, New York
PABLO PICASSO
Le Peinture et son Modèle IV, 1970
Ink on cardboard
8.3 x 12.4 in / 21 x 31.5 cm
TOM WESSELMANN
Great American Nude, 1965
Acrylic on canvas
47 x 50 in / 119.4 x 127 cm
© Tom Wesselmann
Courtesy George Adams Gallery, New York
WILLEM DE KOONING
Untitled (Woman), 1964
Oil and charcoal on vellum laid down on canvas
19.5 x 24 in / 49.5 x 61 cm
FERNAND LÉGER
Les Quatre Acrobates, 1954
Oil on canvas
46.5 x 58.8 in / 118.1 x 149.2 cm
FERNAND LÉGER
Portrait de Nadia, 1953
Gouache and India ink on paper
18 x 15 in / 45.7 x 38.1 cm
JEAN DUBUFFET
l'Homme au Nez Menu, 1950
Oil on board
31.9 x 25.6 in / 81 x 65 cm
MAN RAY
Portrait of Juliet (with arm raised), c.1940
Photograph
9.8 x 6.8 in / 24.9 x 17.3 cm
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
Roche, 1922
Photograph
9.5 x 7 in / 24.1 x 17.8 cm
Courtesy Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR
Portrait de Femme (Gabrielle Renard), 1912
Oil on canvas
20.25 x 20.25 in / 51.4 x 51.4 cm
ODILON REDON
Femme (Jeune Femme debout), c.1900
Charcoal drawing on Bistre paper
13.4 x 9.6 in / 34 x 24.5 cm
MARY CASSATT
Woman and Child in Front of a Fruit Tree, 1893
Pastel on paper
17.5 x 15.5 in / 44.5 x 39.4 cm
Courtesy Hammer Galleries, New York
ÉDOUARD MANET
Olympia, 1867
Etching on creme Van Gelder Zonen laid, watermarked paper
6.3 x 9.3 in / 16 x 23.6 cm
HENRI MATISSE
Nu Assis sur un Tabouret, 1906
Pencil on paper
13.5 x 8.5 in / 34.9 x 21.6 cm
Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to announce a major expansion with the opening of its second New York City gallery at 43 West 57th Street, a sixth-floor gallery space that is amongst the largest in New York.
The Leila Heller Gallery 57th Street is an 18,000 square foot space, with unique multi-dimensional capability, including a 60-seat theater/auditorium and a full floor project space for the purpose of showcasing exhibitions by emerging artists and curators.
The new gallery is debuting with an exciting inaugural exhibition entitled Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present. This expansive exhibition spans almost two centuries with over 200 artworks by 170 artists.
Beyond the inaugural exhibition, the new space will be devoted to an expanding contemporary artists program and will leverage the Gallery’s longstanding expertise with private sales of Modern and Contemporary Masters to mount exhibitions of historical interest. The exhibition program will include solo exhibitions, curated exhibitions, and survey shows focusing on broader art movements and themes.
In addition to 57th Street’s sheer size, the Gallery is a multidimensional and versatile space. The theater / auditorium space will present films and video art installations as well as host speaking engagements and panel discussions of cultural interest. The Gallery will also invite outside cultural organizations to use the auditorium for complementary activities. The project space offers a truly unique platform. In addition, the new space will house the Gallery’s extensive library and expansive private viewing spaces and offices.
The West 25th Street location in Chelsea will remain dedicated to fostering the careers of emerging and mid-career artists, whose works will be presented selectively at 57th Street in a deeper art historical context via exhibitions mounted alongside concurrent shows of well established Modern and Contemporary artists.
Historical Survey of Portraiture
The inaugural exhibition, Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, spans a vast historical period of 150+ years from Manet to the present, and explores perhaps the broadest and most practiced genre in art history. Throughout time, mankind’s preoccupation with the self - one’s appearance, perception and ultimate identity - has influenced artists to create, and individuals to commissions, portraits. Portraits have been an indispensable way of communicating identity, with real as well as symbolic meaning for centuries of art audiences. Look At Me celebrates and explores portraiture in recent history and investigate how artists today are engaging with the broad spectrum of descriptive strategies.
The ambitious exhibition includes works by many renowned artists, including: PierreEAuguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, JeanEMichel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Tom Wesselmann, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Mitra Tabrizian, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Firooz Zahedi, Jack Pierson, John Currin, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, George Condo, Loretta Lux, Marilyn Minter, Ai Wei Wei, Youssef Nabil, Iké Udé, Farideh Lashai, Shoja Azari, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Josh Azzarella, Reza Aramesh.
The exhibition includes many seminal works, including Warhol’s “Blue Jackie,” “Bill” by Elaine de Kooning and “Peintre et son Modele” by Picasso.
Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present is curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, collector and art institution trustee, and Paul Morris, a founding Director of the Armory Show, who is advising the Gallery as an ongoing curatorial consultant. The exhibition has been installed across both Leila Heller Gallery locations. The exhibition opens to the public on Wednesday, May 7 at 43 West 57th Street and on Thursday, May 8 at 568 West 25th Street and runs through August.