Open from 2904.2011 to 1106.2011

I stole my sister’s boyfriend
It was all whirlwind,  heat and flash
Within a week we killed my parents
And hit the road.
Raymond Pettibon drawing for the album Goo by Sonic Youth

We have a good and a bad news. Ah really? Well, give you the good news first!

Anselm Reyle’s new body of work at Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, surprisingly enough, made a good impression. Even better, it was great. The bad news? Well, we had a feeling that the artist was bored.

Reyle’s exhibition, on the first floor of CFA, is consistent and appealing, colourful and distant. The paintings have motives of kitsch postcards, made just like children paint-kit boxes or paint by numbers kits for people without inspiration or a hobby. Who hope painting dolphins, ponies and romantic landscapes can make them feel better.

Downstairs, in the vast gallery spaces, Raymond Pettibon rocks the cradle. The high walls are filled with different drawings, collages, with such motives as penises, pin ups, blood, soldiers, and much more, each of them with the famous Pettibon commentaries (written as in comics, as if these were thoughts or dialogues). We still remember our first Pettibon: the cover of Sonic Youth’s album GOO! And the great exhibition at the Museum Dhondt Dhaenens in Ghent! In his exhibition at the famous Berlin Gallery the artist goes more cruel, more experimental and at the same times references to such artists as William Blake, with romantic and symbolic artworks. Worth a visit in these hot days.

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Images:

1. Raymond Pettibon, No Title (I said, "go), 2011, pen, ink, gouache and acrylic on paper, 76.2 x 57.2 cm / 30 x 22 1/2 in
2. Raymond Pettibon, No Title (Have you seen), 2011, pen, ink, crayon, acrylic, gouache and collage on paper, 71.8 x 66 cm / 28 1/4 x 26 in
3. Raymond Pettibon, No Title (I am concerned), 2011, pen, ink, acrylic and collage on paper, 45.7 x 62.2 cm / 18 x 24 1/2 in