Recent Events
August 12–September 15, 2011
Multiple Propositions at Herron School of Art, Indianapolis
Exhibition of work by Martin Brief, Michael Dinges, John Himmelfarb, Paul Nudd, Judith Brotman, Christine Wuenschel, Dragana Crnjak, Jillian Ludwig and Sara Schneckloth.
June 30–July 24, 2011
Text at 440 Gallery, Brooklyn
Exhibition of work by Martin Brief, Ellen Chuse, Porter Diteman, Minjoo Lee, Toby Needler, Susan Reedy and others.
January 7–February 5, 2011
Works On Paper at Danese, New York
Exhibition of works on paper by Martin Brief, Jacob El Hanani, Richard Serra, Astrid Bowlby and others.
November 20–December 18, 2010
New Talent 2010 at Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
Exhibition of works on paper by Martin Brief, Richard Garrison, Molly Heron and Mia Rosenthal.
August 26–December 4, 2010
Exposure 13 at Gallery 210, St. Louis
Exhibition curated by Terry Suhret featuring the work of Martin Brief, Joe Chesla, and Asma Kazmi.
May 1, 2010, 12:00 pm
Contemporary Conversations: Artist Roundtable Discussion at The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis
Great Rivers Biennial 2010 artists Martin Brief, Sarah Frost, and Cameron Fuller as they discuss their work with exhibition curator Laura Fried.
April 30–August 8, 2010
Amazon God at the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, part of the Great Rivers Biennial 2010
Martin Brief, Sarah Frost and Cameron Fuller are the three winners of the 2010 Great Rivers Biennial. The exhibition presents solo exhibitions by each artist. Jurors for the 2010 Biennial 2010 are Douglas Fogle, Chief Curator and Deputy
Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Melissa
Franklin, Director of the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Philadelphia; and Laura Steward, Phillips
Director of SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico.
January 15–February 28, 2010
Critical Mass Creative Stimulus Projects at The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis
Installations created by Martin Brief, Cameron Fuller, Robert Goetz and Asma Kazmi, recipients of the first Creative Stimulus Grants, sponsored by Critical Mass for the Visual Arts, a nonprofit organization that promotes contemporary art in the St. Louis area. These commissions, selected by jurors Terry Suhre, Shannon Fitzgerald and Dana Turkovic, recognize artists by providing an honorarium and an opportunity to exhibit their work.
January 17, 2010, 5:30 pm
Panel Discussion at The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis
A conversation with curator, Emily Blumenfeld and exhibiting artists Martin Brief, Cameron Fuller, Robert Goetz and Asma Kazmi.
January 30–March 27, 2010
Old Media/Old News at The Luminary Center For The Arts, St. Louis
Old Media/Old News will open the 2010 Exhibition Season at The Luminary Center for the Arts on January 30, 2010 with an opening recption from 6-9pm. The curated group exhibition will feature internationally-recognized work from six artists working with concepts of news reception, media saturation and the role of the artist as documentarian and mediator of information in our current media climate.
Recent Reviews
2010 Biennial at the Contemporary challenges, but is accessible by Ivy Cooper
"Imagining Brief working for hours each day, hunched over his paper scrolls, transcribing his lists, recalls the scene of medieval monks toiling away at their manuscripts; at the same time, the project is thoroughly contemporary, a timely cultural examination and a rich contribution to the field of conceptual drawing."
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Light and depth at Bruno David by Ivy Cooper
"In the Front Room are works from the ArtForum Series by Martin Brief and these are some of the best works I've seen all fall in St. Louis."
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