Linnea Kniaz
In his third solo exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, Sergej Jensen mediates between disparate forces in such a way that the resultant fine-tuned choreography moves not as a breeze or gale, but rather as a multifaceted cyclone. In tandem with a new and unexpected fervor, Jensen’s characteristic tranquility directs the viewing experience with greater authority than it would given over to either extreme.
If Joseph Montgomery played accordion, Velveteen would embody his instrument’s bellowing out.
It is Tamara Zahaykevich’s admirable abandonment of order that controls Hey Harmonica!, the artist’s first solo show at the recently opened Kansas Gallery.
September 2011ArtSeen
Can I Get a Witness? JOSHUA ABELOW, JOACHIM "YOYO" FRIEDRICH, and MATT CONNOLLY
I was miffed at first. Reading the Can I Get Witness? press release as I entered its boisterous opening, I struggled to envision the works by Joshua Abelow, Joachim “Yoyo” Friedrich, and Matt Connolly.
The East Williamsburg Soloway Gallery’s eighth exhibition since opening in August 2010 confronts what “makes everyone, like, want to barf,” according to Annette Wehrhahn, the show’s curator and one of Soloway’s four founders.




