De Buck Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in The Armory Show 2025 at the Javits Center in New York from September 5 to 7, with a VIP preview on September 4, at booth 138. Our presentation will bring together a carefully curated selection of works that set contemporary voices in dialogue with historically significant artists, creating a platform for discovery, exchange, and connection.
Introducing Rashid Al Khalifa
We are pleased to introduce the work of Bahrain-based artist Rashid Al Khalifa, whose reflective sculptural forms transform light and space into immersive experiences, inviting the viewer into a shifting play of perception and materiality.
At the booth, the gallery will feature a selection of works from Khalifa’s recent Spectrum series. As with a spectrum of color, Khalifa’s Spectrum works present a band of colors, created by a separation of the components of light by their degrees of refraction according to wavelength. As a spectrum moves from one color to another, its identity is altered. Each work in this series derives its effect from its placement within an environment and the emotional state of the viewer. It’s through these endless possibilities of color combinations that each work provokes a different feeling, sensation or thought process. Spectrum is in a sense the mediator, prompting a dialogue between the viewer and the artist.
Devan Shimoyama, Gommaar Gilliams, and Zak Ové
Alongside his practice, we present new and compelling works by Devan Shimoyama, Gommaar Gilliams, and Zak Ové, each exploring themes of identity, culture, and narrative in distinctive and powerful ways.
These contemporary artists will be shown in conversation with seminal figures such as Robert Indiana, David Salle, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, and Leonor Fini, establishing a vibrant framework that bridges historical foundations with the urgency of the present.
Devan Shimoyama
Gommaar Gilliams
Zak Ové
Keith Haring: Subway Drawings
The De Buck Gallery booth will feature an intimate cabinet of Keith Haring’s subway drawings, works that pulse with the raw energy of 1980s New York street culture. These iconic pieces from a body of work that was celebrated at a landmark sale at Sotheby’s this past fall, resonate as powerfully today as when they first appeared underground, underscoring Haring’s lasting impact and the enduring relevance of his work, which still provokes and connects.
Works on Paper
Leonor Fini
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1907, Leonor Fini was a prominent Surrealist painter, designer, and writer known for her provocative and imaginative work. Raised in Trieste Italy, she was largely self-taught, learning from books and museum visits rather than formal training. At the age of 17, she had her first public exhibition, and two years later, she moved to Paris where she became a close associate of Surrealist figures including Paul Éluard, Man Ray, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dalí. While she never officially joined the Surrealist group, her work shared many of their core interests, including dreams, the unconscious mind, and metamorphosis.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo (1935-2020) and Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009) were a celebrated artistic duo renowned for their large-scale, temporary environmental installations. Born on the same day in 1935, Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Bulgaria and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in Morocco, they met in Paris in 1958 and formed a lifelong personal and professional partnership. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were pioneers of environmental art and site-specific installations. They are most famous for wrapping architectural and natural elements, from small objects to massive buildings, in fabric and thereby transforming them into sublime experiences.
Gallery Vault by De Buck Gallery Art Advisory
De Buck Art Advisory services a division of De Buck Gallery supporting clients with a range of services including strategic acquisitions in both the primary and secondary markets. The gallery has facilitated major transactions for works by renowned artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Pablo Picasso, Robert Indiana, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Through the Gallery Vault, we are pleased to present a selection of works currently available for acquisition through De Buck Art Advisory.
