Wiser than God vs Younger than Jesus, Mayer featured in exhibition of artists over 83

Expect a ferocious battle of the generations raging across New York's Bowery . . . As two group exhibitions pitch the very centuries against each other.

At The New Museum a show entitled "Younger Than Jesus" gathers artists born in or after 1976, making them 33 at oldest . . .

Directly across from the museum at BLT Gallery, 270 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, 212 260 4129

"Wiser Than God" presents worldwide working artists born in or before 1926, making them 83 at very youngest . . .

Some are considerably older, many born before the First World War, and several are amongst the most famous artists at work today including Hyman Bloom, Dorothea Tanning and Carlo Nangeroni, currently the most expensive living artist.

Indeed with a set of artists whose cumulative age might add up to a total of almost 5,000 years, the opening vernissage should hop.

"Wiser Than God" runs from May 27th until July 31st overlapping with the current blockbuster Gagosian Picasso show, featuring work made by that artist between the age of 83 and 92.

The show was conceived by Adrian Dannatt and co-curated with Jan Frank.

The opening will be on May 27, 2009, 6pm – 8pm.

Via BLT Gallery
270 Bowery, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
212.260.4129
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday: 12pm to 6pm
http://www.billyleethompson.com/wiser.html

Comments

[Minna Zielonka-Packer]

Mayer July has recreated the lost world of the Jewish Polish shtetl, so that we can see and understand the unique charm of this lost world. As a Yiddish speaker myself, filmmaker and artist/historian, raised by Holocaust survivors, I greatly appreciate the nuance and cultural specificity in his witty and vivid paintings.