Portrait by Slava Mogutin

The opening reception for Looking Back/The Fifth White Columns Annual is this Saturday in Chelsea. This year’s exhibition is curated by Bob Nickas and based on his experiences looking at art in New York over the past year.

Bob Nickas, as you know if you’ve read our interview with him in the One of Many Possible Art Issues issue, is one of the most respected art critics and curators of the past 25 years. For this show he’s gotten work from over 40 artists and photographers. People like Brion Gysin, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Wardell Milan, and even an anonymous tantric artist.

After a couple of decades curating the best shows in the city, Bob claims this will be the last show he works on in New York, meaning this is not something to be missed. Whatever plans you had for Saturday afternoon have just been trumped by Nickas.

Here’s a complete list of the participating artists: Darren Bader, Jules de Balincourt, Barry X Ball, Alvin Baltrop, Gene Beery, Huma Bhaba, Carol Bove, Freddie Brice, Vija Celmins, Mike Cloud, Bruce Conner, Volker Corell, Jay DeFeo, Trisha Donnelly, John Fahey, Brion Gysin, Tamar Halpern, Ull Hohn, David Hurles, Candy Jernigan, Craig Kalpakjian, Stephen Kaltenbach, Jacob Kassay, David Malek, Justin Matherly, Wardell Milan, Joseph Montgomery, Amy O’Neill, Virginia Overton, Alyssa Phoebus, Charlotte Posenenske, Nathaniel Robinson, Michael Scott, Lily Van der Stokker, Philip Taaffe, Paul Thek, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Josh Tonsfeldt, Andra Ursuta, Chris Vasell, Dan Walsh, Karl Wirsum, anonymous tantric artist.

Looking Back / The Fifth White Columns Annual – Selected by Bob Nickas
White Columns
320 West 13th St.
New York
Dec. 11
5 – 7pm