Implosion 20
Anton Kern Gallery is turning twenty and we celebrate this anniversary with Implosion 20, a group exhibition featuring the work of all 28 artists on roster, as well as works by artists who have shown previously or have had a personal connection to the gallery. In addition, we will present a series of events, kicking off with a special ‘lecture’ performed by John Bock. The exhibition will mark the last show at this location before we move to Midtown Manhattan.
The show is based around the concept of implosion, not as a destructive force but as a centering force and act of integration. From its inception 1996, the gallery has grown organically out of the dialogue between Anton and our core roster of artists. This exhibition is to pay tribute to those who have shaped the gallery’s trajectory and have made the gallery what it is today: a space of confluence for various media and artists of different backgrounds and locales.
Implosion 20 will juxtapose new works with historic pieces that became milestones in the gallery’s history. A video recording of Angus Fairhurst’s live performance (with Phillip Bradshaw, Cerith Wyn Evans and Matt Collishaw) from his two-person show with Lothar Hempel, Low Expectations, commemorates the gallery’s opening on September 19, 1996.
The concert established the enduring interest in the intersection between visual art and music that defines the gallery and many of its participants.
During the opening reception on November 10th, John Bock will give a lecture-performance. As the first artist to exhibit at the 532 West 20th Street space, it is appropriate that he mark the closing of the space with an enactment of his piece, Dünnhutiger Butcher (Thin-skinned Butcher), a work in which Bock creates small clay portraits of members of the audience that he will give away.
A zine on Implosion 20 and the gallery’s history, featuring an essay by Bob Nickas, will be available on the occasion.
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Chris MartinLittle Pink Seven, 2014
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2016
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2016
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2016
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Erik van LieshoutUntitled, 2015
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Richard PrinceUntitled (Pamela Anderson/all sold out), 1998
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Lara SchnitgerEve Was Framed, 2005
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Francis UpritchardBrown Monk, 2011
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Dorothy IannoneMs. Liberty, 1972/2007
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Divining rod), 2014
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Weed Puller), 2014
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Field of Vision), 2014
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Mantis), 2014
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Dagger Dance), 2014
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Matthew MonahanBody Electric (Big Suit), 2014
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Angus FairhurstAbandabandonLow Expectations, 1995, 1995
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Jonas WoodTwo Picasso Heads, 2016
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Jonas WoodB Ball Plant, 2016
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Jonas WoodOwl, 2015
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Jonas WoodSmall French Open, 2016
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Jonas WoodWood Pot, 2015
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Jonas WoodGrid Pot With Yellow Orchid, 2016
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Jonas WoodHammer 7, 2010
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Jonas WoodBlue/Green Plant, 2016
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Enrique MetinidesUntitled (Rescate de un ahogado enXochimilco con público reflejado en elagua), 1960
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Enrique MetinidesUntitled (Primer plano de mujer rubia arrollada e impactada contra un poste, en avenida Chapultepec, Ciudad de México), 1979
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Alessandro PessoliPopcorn Road, 2016-2017
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Ellen BerkenblitTaffeta, 2016
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Martino GamperIce Cream Chairs (pair #1), 2015
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Rirkrit Tiravanijauntitled (law and order), 2016
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David ShrigleyBlack Balls, 2008
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (13), 1989
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (28), 1989
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (31), 1989
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (14), 1989
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (15), 1989
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Nobuyoshi ArakiTokyo Nude (27), 1989
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Anne CollierOpen Book (Lightning), 2016
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John BockDünnhäutig in New York (thin-skinned in New York), 2016
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David ShrigleySleep, 2008
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David ShrigleyUntitled (Bird Painting), 2016
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David ShrigleyUntitled (Hairdresser), 2016
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David ShrigleyUntitled (Now), 2016
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Bendix HarmsDer letzte Rauch, 2012
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Eberhard HavekostSmoking Area, 2016
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Dan McCarthyFree Ride, 2015
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Dan McCarthyTwo Boots, 2016
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Jim LambieVortex (Hoochie Coochie), 2011
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David ShrigleyUntitled (How Are You Feeling?), 2016
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David ShrigleyUntitled (Picture), 2016
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David ShrigleyUntitled (Wisdom), 2016
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John BockWhen I am Looking Into the Goat Cheese Baiser, 2001
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Andy WarholLaughing Children, 1958-61
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Georg BaselitzDraußen Sterne, 2011
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Sarah JonesVitrine (The Porcupine Illusion) (I), 2016
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Nicole EisenmanRichard Hell, 2016
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Lothar HempelCiel, 2015
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Marepe[Antropophagic Origami] Origami antroptágico, 2015
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Nicole EisenmanHanging Man, 2016
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Marcel OdenbachDie ewig schaffenden Hände oder Für alle Kunsthistoriker, (The Eternal Creative Hands or For All Art Historians), 1977/79
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Brian CalvinIntimates, 2016
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Saul FletcherUntitled, 2016
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Saul FletcherUntitled, 2016
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Matt MullicanLive Under Hypnosis, 2002
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Richard HughesSurvivor, 2016
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Richard HughesSome Werds, 2016
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Richard HughesPlant, 2016
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Wilhelm Sasnal1996-2016, 1996-2016
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Wilhelm SasnalSection Through Cauliflower, 2012
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Manfred PerniceObjekt (object), 2008
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Shio Kusaka(wood 7), 2016
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Shio Kusaka(grid 153), 2016
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Shio Kusaka(wood 12), 2016
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Shio Kusaka(wood 11), 2016