Like protagonists in a young adults detective novel, Jane Corrigan’s svelte sleuths ooze intrigue as they receive covert messages, investigate strange noises and meet secretively at night. The hook is strong. What are they up to? (At Feuer Mesler through Feb 14th).
Jane Corrigan, Spies, oil on canvas, 70 x 55 inches, 2015.
It’s telling that young New York artist Jeni Spota C.’s heavily textured paintings of individuals grouped around mother-figures are included in the Jewish Museum’s current group show of ‘outsider’ art. Inspired by early Renaissance painting as well as a psychic’s assertion that the artist is constantly surrounded by departed relatives, Spota’s work invites speculation on the spiritual realm. (At Brennan and Griffin on the Lower East Side through Feb 14th)
Jeni Spota C., Bird Woman (detail), oil on canvas, 36 x 42 inches, 2015.
How can an artist pay homage to his/her influencers? John Riepenhoff’s ‘Group Show’ walks the line between flattery and offense by recreating artworks in the style of his contemporaries and predecessors. At the show’s entrance, legs make a stand for a space-bending geometric abstraction (actually painted) by Susie Rosmarin. (At Chelsea’s Marlborough Gallery through Feb 6th).
John Riepenhoff, Art Stand (legs), wood, wire, cloth, shoes, fiberglass and clamp, 50 x 14 x 26 inches, 2014. Susie Rosmarin, Grey and White (painting), acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2015.
Certain ornamental patterns – waves, helices – appear across cultures, perhaps pointing to fundamental structures of our universe. New York artist Tauba Auerbach delves into these forms in a display of sculptures with rotating shapes titled ‘Altar/Engine.’ Like a display of sacred objects or an explosion diagram of an engine, these 3D printed shapes relate to twisting wave forms inscribed in the paintings behind. (At Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallerythrough Feb 13th).
Tauba Auerbach, Altar/Engine (foreground), 3D printed nylon and plastic, an array of several dozen parts ranging from 18 x 18 x 10 inches, 2015.
Certain ornamental patterns (waves, helices) appear across cultures, perhaps pointing to fundamental structures of our universe. New York artist Tauba Auerbach delves into these forms in a display of sculptures with rotating shapes titled ‘Altar/Engine.’ Like a display of sacred objects or an explosion diagram of an engine, these 3D printed shapes relate to twisting wave forms inscribed in the paintings behind. (At Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallery through Feb 13th).
Tauba Auerbach, Altar/Engine (foreground), 3D printed nylon and plastic, an array of several dozen parts ranging from 18 x 18 x 10 inches, 2015.
