Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Plus Gallery artist William Betts featured in Kunstmuseum Stuttgart exhibition "Tracing the Grid" opening this weekend


Plus Gallery is currently featuring the powerful solo exhibition "Remote Sensing" with new paintings by William Betts.  This weekend, the artist travels to Stuttgart, Germany where he will have paintings from his surveillance series on view at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart in the group exhibition "Tracing the Grid." The exhibition includes some of the most celebrated contemporary artists in the world both past and present including Carl Andre, Chuck Close, Hanne Darboven, Mona Hatoum, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Agnes Martin, Sarah Morris, Carsten Nicolai, Sigmar Polke, and the illustrious Gerhard Richter amongst others.  Betts is the first artist from the Plus Gallery stable of artists to be featured in a world-class museum exhibition overseas, a major achievement for an artist that we consider to be one of the most unique and prestigious in the world today.

Read what Denver Post art critic Ray Rinaldi had to say about "Remote Sensing" online at the Denver Post

Modern in Denver also features a 5-page profile on William in their current edition, available on newsstands or via the website