Philip Guston Painter, 1957 - 1967 at HAUSER & WIRTH

James Kalm has assumed a mission to attempt to bring views of the most relevant, historic and important art exhibitions in New York to the on line video audience. Despite ten years and over one thousand programs produced by James Kalm, within the most elitist levels of the New York art world, there still resides a desire to exclude this form of democratic freelance reporting. Regardless of these hindrances, your déclassé correspondent slips into Hauser & Wirth Gallery, and before he is escorted to the exit, captures video glimpses of this epic exhibition. Philip Guston (1913 - 1980) was an essential member of the New York painting community, achieving major institutional and critical recognition during the 1950s. Despite this success, in the late 1950s he began questioning many of the propositions of Abstract Expressionism with which he’d become associated. Organized by Paul Schimmel, this selection of 36 paintings and 53 drawings, traces the development of Guston’s work during this transitional period from abstraction to the beginnings of his iconic figurative works. This program was recorded April 26, 2016 in Chelsea. A musical introduction is provided by Rasheed and the Jazz Collective.

[@morganrussell6335]

Thanks and appreciate getting tossed out for us!

[@sebastianverney7851]

Thank you for doing this. So glad to see these paintings. Keep up the good work. You are so much nearer the spirit of Guston the man than these snobbish dealers are, and I'm sure he would support you to the hilt.

[@jameskalm]

+Sebastian Verney Thanks, I just get a kick out of trying to give viewers a little view of art scene here in New York...

[@rd264]

@@jameskalm that guston thing was good but why he make so grey Mr Kalm? thanksyou anyways Mr Kalm! ps all them dogs walking the bicycle omg hahhah funny.

[@tellmidd3812]

WoW 😮 Fantastic show! -I really like the works on paper. Overall a Great body of work! Thanks so much again for bringing this to the world

[@jhb61249]

I can never get enough of phillip guston. Thanks y'all.

[@jhb61249]

I still love it even more! Thanks James and Kate.

[@StGremlin]

I live South Africa, there is no way I'd see/experience or be exposed to much of the art you post on here and I am eternally grateful to youtube and you. I'd encourage the galleries to lighten the hell up as the point of art is to be seen and these videos could be considered an act of charity for those of us who may otherwise never be able to see it.

[@jameskalm]

Thanks for your comment StGrenin, we do what we can but...there are factors beyond charity that seem to control what the galleries do and don't do.

[@StGremlin]

I gathered. But thank you to you!

[@jeffreyturner4438]

A wonderful show, sorry you got tossed and thanks for what you did get to video. When you panned onto the drawings my first thought was Forrest Bess. Thanks James Thanks Kate.

[@vermeer5]

Hey, thanks for doing that, I always like seeing live coverage of art with people about, it gives a better sense of the scale of the pieces. And, I think Guston might be the most important American painter of the last part of the 20th century. You can really see the shapes and forms and stories struggling to get out, which they would soon after the timeline of this show.

[@jubilanti15]

Thank you James Kalm! It strikes me how much your adventurous undertaking at Hauser & Wirth is somehow so in keeping with Philip Guston : the man himself and his painting!

[@ivanzavala8648]

"Are you still doing that...? Am I doing what...?" haha Great work going undercover Mr. Kalm! I really appreciate the footage you managed to get while under careful surveillance. Guston really made powerful paintings and from what I saw in this video I am impressed. There's an authenticity and real feeling of purposefulness behind the brush strokes. Something I don't necessarily feel from all who attempt to make Expressionist paintings. This was a truly short but sweet treat. Thanks for sharing what you could, and of course Thank you Kate! Peace from Boston-

[@Invinciblebass432]

Thank you!

[@LeukipposInstitute]

Thanks so much. Again a great docu.

[@benstephenson4514]

Thank you

[@jgalcantara850]

James thanks to and Kate I am so grateful to all these wonderful musicians and art. FHope your taking care during these tough times. I got to see that Custon when it was in California. ThankS again

[@casteretpollux]

Thankyou so much for saving a good part of this exhibition for us.

[@TheTerminalExpress]

#1--I love Guston's abstract work. #2--I love your videos. You connect non-New Yorkers to a whole world of art. You are a blessing to those of us who don't live in NYC. #3--art galleries are PRIVATE PROPERTY. Therefor, they may establish policies like "no video" and we, as visitors are obliged to comply. No 1st amendment thing here since it's PRIVATE PROPERTY. As much as I love seeing shows on your channel, I'm concerned.

[@cliffdariff74]

busted again!! thanks for your efforts, couldn't see otherwise :)

[@chrisbeard6303]

Thank you once more James K

[@michaelroberts8300]

Thank you James. I'm now over in NYC for a few days and will check this out. I have always been a big fan since the London Whitchapel show in the early 80's.

[@jameskalm]

+Michael Roberts I hope you have a nice visit, and if you're interested in the new stuff, don't miss the Lower East Side and Bushwick galleries...

[@kusonoqui]

Am i doing whaaaa? Hahaha james kalm you're my hero! And i think you should have your own tv show or something ....it is a shame they kick you out! Greetings from Querétaro México!

[@chezceleste]

This is so much better than any tv show could be.

[@ovvashi]

James Kalm always gets the goods.

[@brydon10]

Great works, great artist. Thanks James

[@hieronymustard57]

LOL. James Kalm, you gangsta.

[@latetodagame1892]

You troublemaker! Thank you for your rogue films! They're fantastic!!

[@magdalenawestman6285]

Fantastic!! Also how we are connected in time. Unbelievable.

[@3698s]

Thank you for posting this. I appreciate the effort that you put into making this video. I can only think of 2 reasons that H & W gave you the boot: 1) the most likely is that it has to do something with copyright issues 2} perhaps they did not want the people attending being filmed because they did not sign a release of some sort. Funny how some people do not mind posting every detail of their life on every and any social media platform. Yet if you film them while you are creating a short vlog on an art exhibition they will have a fit. Again thank you for taking us to the opening. I have subscribed to your You Tube channel.

[@michaeldesmond6927]

great show, nice to be able to see some of it here in australia, despite Hauser and Wirth.

[@luke_foster]

Thanks for this, very much appreciated!

[@rrdd8457]

thanks for doing this for us. enjoyed it.

[@rrdd8457]

+Rrdd *no cameras* *"sir"* *"you still doing it?"* damn, the point is almost counter productive for them to enforce this...

[@rosabaptista1202]

Thank you so much! Great job!!!

[@chezceleste]

Thank you Kate. Noble effort.

[@Diaramamond]

Thanks for the peak from Auckland! Summer in NY looking very agreeable in your recent posts.

[@billhawkins2712]

you bloody renegade! keep up the good work, thanks for battling security to give us a video james! :)

[@LawrenceCurrie]

Loved the cloak and dagger thank you Kate and James too Great intro Jazz

[@legionpigsmack1153]

thanks for the cool shots! nice show...and yeah, smash the state!

[@SpottedBullet]

I wish I could paint like that.

[@MrIrons-og3rg]

James, you have to get a medal of honor.

[@douglasacosta4989]

Klasse Gemälde.. 1AAA.. P. G. war ein toller Künstler!!

[@artgrows]

Thanks for that.

[@msolbakken]

Am I doing what....? Guston is one of the greats from that era! thanks Jim and Kate.

[@gavinyates9189]

Thank you Kate, thank you everybody.

[@thirdrockjul2224]

Thank you Kate.

[@TRamone01]

Thanks James.

[@ericwhite3327]

Man, those are some gorgeous paintings. I didn't realize he had done so much of this type of "abstract impressionist" work. Every time I see one from this period in a museum it knocks my socks off. You can really see the struggle in those which I love and even the humor/figuration starting to peek through in a couple. Can't help but think of Amy Sillman when I see some of these works. Although she seems to scrape a lot more than PG who seems to prefer strictly additive methods. ? Thanks James K. I say wait a week then go back in for another look.

[@lindanovak410]

2nd time I viewed this, I see figurative and I'm on it. P.S. I love to see it when you are asked to leave an exhibition because of ' no videos'. Wow, good work!

[@permacultureli]

thanks James...loved the stuff...

[@louietowers3664]

Awesome

[@steveburley5041]

James we love you......Steve (from Melbourne Aust)

[@jameskalm]

And I love you too Steve (and all your mates Down Under...)

[@ai-man212]

Not a fan of the work, but thanks for the tour. Reminds me of finger painting I did in the 60's.

[@victoriaaddison519]

Nice show great turn out NY

[@MsMorfea]

❤️

[@trout211]

Kalm, cool, and collected.

[@cimerioporinternet5989]

buen video

[@Lukifah]

this one's hilarious keep up

[@clivesweeting4778]

Great show James , think these were his best years . Shame you got run out ...

[@jameskalm]

I think I got at least a glance at most of it.

[@donemigholzjr.7344]

In the limited view I had of Philip Guston I saw very few redeeming qualities in his work. I would Google more of his work to maybe see something I am missing but just not interested. (Maybe some other time.) 1960 to 1967 there was a lot of ground breaking work being produced in many ways in the art world and I feel most if not all of the images I viewed on this video are a selfish type of protest by P. Guston. Artists can be a strange bunch (me included) with the good thing being we change our mood most often with the change of muse.

[@magdalenawestman6285]

I miss N.Y.

[@satoshibitcoinsaki6532]

You have happy memories that's what matters. I know people who were up in the Big Apple recently and some BLM protesters spit in their faces for no reason. These guys aren't even officially white in the United States .They are high class illegals from South America applying for political asylum.

[@yorgosGreece]

Art Viewer Activism!

[@johnjones3714]

It was fun... While it lasted

[@morganhanam9522]

Jameskalm ! Jameskalm ! (in James Brown voice)I thought your name was james kahn, honestly. Mandella effect? I thought by now you d be like the covert court utuber; if you re not surreptitiously viddied by JK then you re nobody! One way to stay cool; get kicked out by gallery guards. Loved the Guston, was thinking of him yesterday oddly enough.

[@scottgarrison9558]

Still a great view despite the trouble... I wanted to see more of the drawings, the views on the web page are less than adequate. I don't think Guston would have kicked you out, were he there, do you? Screw the snobs at Hauser & Wirth.

[@singlespies]

I can't believe they threw you out. Absurd. I wonder if you'll be hearing from their lawyer now for posting this video! I can't understand how your video could do anything except help the gallery and the estate. I guess art isn't supposed to be for everybody.

[@pbr2805]

What happened to value in paintings (light, mid tones and dark)? Nice painting but some are too dark overall.

[@rontee24]

Well, historically I suspect these paintings fit a good timeline for a genre, but only two, possibly three, paintings really resonate. Not his best work. Basically this is a thumbs-down exhibit. And yet, I don't have a show and Guston does long after his death in 1980.

[@Pooky1317]

[@ARCTERYXSWEATSHOP]

did you have to pay to enter???

[@jameskalm]

+DIONYSUS LIMIT BREAK No, these gallery openings are "theoretically" open to the general public (so long as one comports themselves in the generally accepted manner).

[@ARCTERYXSWEATSHOP]

thanks you

[@dailyartfix8862]

rad

[@LockedPig]

Thanks for the video, you're doing a great job with your channel. But, man, these works are completely dreadful, i like Custon's figurative works, but as abstract artist he was... not so good i think.

[@eddiegalon3714]

I love all types of painting from realism to total abstraction, but this stuff was just uninspiring mud. The Jazz musicians were nice.

[@michael4250]

Piecemeal closeups miss the most important part of a painting: its composition. Too bad.

[@Audiofreund2]

thanks for ignoring the rules :) I appreciate to see it.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Can hardly see these. Lighting is very bad.

[@TODDZEN]

These paintings are raw and ugly. The colors are awful but the brushwork is great. Guston has had a huge influence on Artists since the 1980's. He never cared about pleasing collectors. He loved painting.

[@satoshibitcoinsaki6532]

Sorry about you getting kicked out!! This shows how arrogant, proud, intolerant , closed minded, racist, hate filled and elitist these left wing, Neo Bolshevik liberal New Yorkers are! How dare you share these master pieces with little insignificant pions like us. It is our duty to recognize our own insignificance and inferiority. We must accept our place as the lower caste of society. How dare we get so uppity and actually think that we are allowed to enjoy viewing artworks as much as the God's Chosen elites do.

[@stevenikitas8170]

Guston's palette is oppressively grim. He appears to be rejecting any sense of decoration or optimism, like punk rock rejected any sense of harmony or melody. HIs grays are reminiscent of Jasper Johns.

[@LastTrainToClarkson]

Bootlegged Philip Guston... How dare you promote this show and make the gallery ridiculous amounts of money?

[@pedromarques3539]

shit works muddy colors and basic shape concepts influenced by artists in the past , although I do admire the way he paints but as an artist his skill of tracing a line and play with color are very poor and not mature enough. When we visualize a Jackson Pollock you might think they are just random splash on the canvas although to achieve the classy way of combining colors and create certain splash it requires technique and many years of painting and playing with colors. You can produce muddy effects but you must know what you are doing.

[@peetvader478]

Kinda crap work to me. Appreciate the channel tho

[@jennyhughes4474]

Is this a joke?!

[@jameskalm]

No.

[@mathiasroler9799]

Schwachsinn!

[@morralo]

Horrible art

[@zhaotingtian1003]

Thanks. Because of you, I can see the show from other country.

[@GeoGemIJewellers]

Thank you!

[@peetvader478]

Kinda crap work to me. Appreciate the channel tho