Fri 9/23 @ 6:30-8:30PM
Despite the world-class quality of the work it handles, it’s been easy to overlook SHAHEEN Modern and Contemporary Art gallery downtown, due to its offbeat location on Superior Avenue in the Warehouse District and its infrequent public opening receptions. (It primarily focuses on resale of pieces from private collections by established contemporary artists, although it’s hosted impressive shows of work by artists such as Craig Kucia and Northeast Ohio’s Corrie Slawson.)
Now it’s holding an opening reception to share and celebrate some big news: after more than 20 years, it’s moved to a new location at the Ohio Design Center, 23533 Mercantile Rd. in Beachwood (near where WOLFS Gallery relocated after moving from Larchmere.)
That opening features a show called Paper Trail Pt. 1, which is describes as “the long overdue, non-sequential sequel to Paper Trail Pt. 2, an exhibition that we mounted in our former gallery space in 2000, which featured unique works on paper by ten young artists, including Yoshitomo Nara, Chris Ofili, Jesse Bransford, Marcel Dzama and Erik Parker.”
Paper Trail Pt. 1 will include prints by artists such as Richard Serra, Raymond Pettibon, Toba Khedoori, Robert Rauschenberg, Alex Katz, Vija Celmins, Frank Stella, Jean Dubuffet, Ed Ruscha and Ellsworth Kelly, among others.
The reception is free and open to all. It’s on view through November 23. Gallery is open by appointment.