Wes Lang’s solo show, Are You Ready For The Country?, is his third at ZieherSmith Gallery. His work has also been seen in exhibitions in Berlin at Peres Projects; in New York at Alexander and Bonin, Greenberg Van Doren, and Andrea Rosen Gallery; in Athens at the Deste Foundation and Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre; among others.
May 22 – June 21, 2008
Reception for the artist: Thursday, May 22, 6-8 pm
ZieherSmith is located at 533 W. 25th between 10th & 11th Aves and open Tues-Sat, 10 am-6 pm
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Wes Lang, Tits and Flags…, 2008, mixed media on antique paper, 22 x 27 inches
Wes Lang, J.D., 2008, mixed media on antique paper, 24 x 36 in.
Wes Lang, Building A Better Way to See the USA…, 2008, mixed media on antique paper, 23 3/4 x 36 inches
WES LANG BIO
1972
Born in Chatham, New Jersey
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Are You Ready For the Country?, ZieherSmith, New York
2006
Skulls and Shit, collaboration with Donald Baechler, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
The Promised Land, ZieherSmith, New York
I Shall Be Released, Bucket Rider, Chicago
American Beauty, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
Night of 100 Covers, Loyal Release, Passerby/Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York; Gallery Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden
Home At Last, ZieherSmith, New York
2003
Self-portraits as a Handsome Young Man, RARE Gallery, New York
2002
Wes Lang: New Works on Paper, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn
2001
Bras, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York, catalogue with essay by Edward Albee
2000
Blacks & Whites, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
The Boys Are Back In Town, Romo Gallery, Atlanta
Brevity’s Rainbow, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn
2007
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Peres Projects, Berlin
True Faith, Greenberg Van Doren, New York
Dark Victory, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece
Five Painters, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
10 Curatorial Perspectives, curated by Wayne Northcross, Haven Arts, Bronx, New York
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Panic Room – Works from The Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Kathy Grayson and Jeffrey Deitch, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Natural History Museum, The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, New York
Don’t Abandon The Ship, Allston Skirt, Boston
2005
Words: The Formal Presence of Text in Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper, Andrea Rosen, New York
Loyal and his Band, Gallerie Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Working Artists in Brooklyn, Romo Gallery, Atlanta
Petits formats ou miniatures, Galerie Quang, Paris
Everyody Knows This Is Nowhere, Gallerie Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
The Hunt For Your Family, V-1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. Exhibition also traveled to Odd Number, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
New York Dirt, Claska Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
stream, Rare Gallery, New York
Benefit, White Columns Gallery, New York
2002
Waar, Andrew Andrew Curatorial Services, New York
What’s New Pussycat?, Briggs Robinson Gallery, New York, NY.
She’s Crafty… and So Is He Sometimes, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY.
T & A, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2001
Paper, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
OIL, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
2000
Hello My Name Is, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
Meat Market, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
1999
Under Scrutiny, Limner Gallery, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Revisionaries; A Decade of Artists in Tokion, New York: Abrams, 2007
Resurrection, compiled by John Santos, New York: Common Space, 2007
Martin Gelin, “Wes, Jules & Eddie,” Bon International 9 (Fall 2006)
Tokion (Summer 2006)
Lee Henderson, “Memento Vitae!” Art Review (April 2006)
Emily Weiner, “Rare Specimen,” Time Out New York, April 6-12, 2006
“Rare Specimen,” The New Yorker, April 3, 2005
Nylon Japan (March 2006)
Loyal and His Band, Stockholm: Loyal, 2005
Christopher Bollen, “Finely Drawn,” V Man 5 (Fall/Winter 2005)
“Land Masses: Wes Lang,” The Drama 6 (2005)
“A creative face-off between Nigel Cooke, Wes Lang, assume vivid astro focus, Cory Arcangel, Marcel Dzama, Jockum Nordstrom, Simone Shubuck, Dana Schutz, Andrew Kuo and Hisham Bharoocha.,” Tokion Magazine 47 (May/June 2005)
Jason Schmidt, “Work in Progress: Brave New World,” Visionaire 33 (Spring 2005)
“Wes Lang,” interview and images, Loyal Magazine 9 (Spring 2005)
Alex Wagner, “Wes Lang Is Trying to Change His Ways,” The Fader 26 (December 2004)
Cover image, Loyal Magazine (May 2004)
Dave Dreher and Wes Lang, “AAAA League,” Loyal Magazine (December 2003)
“Wes Lang,” Loyal Magazine (May 2003)
Adam Glickman, “Wes Lang: King of Art,” Tokion Magazine 34 (March/April 2003)
Shelly Ridenour, “Book Mark: Boredom,” Nylon Magazine (November 2002)
Ben Reardon, “I’m the Chairman of the Bored,” Dazed & Confused (October 2002)
Sarah Valdez, “Hello Pussycat,” Time Out New York (August 1-8, 2002)
Boredom, New York: A Faile Collaboration, 2002, limited edition publication
Genius, Nylon Magazine (2002)
“Death,” Mass Appeal Magazine (Winter, 2001)
Death, New York: A Faile Collaboration: 2001, limited edition publication
Orange, New York A Faile Collaboration: 2000, limited edition publication
COLLECTIONS
Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Edward F. Albee Foundation, Montauk, New York
AWARDS
2001
Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, Montauk, New York