Tag: sculpture

Matt Hoyt in ‘Mind is Outer Space’ at Casey Kaplan Gallery

New York artist Matt Hoyt was a star of the last Whitney Biennial with his tiny, meticulously crafted sculptures that resemble archeological finds or rare natural specimens but which remain a pleasing puzzle.  This assortment (‘group 93’) appears in Casey Kaplan Gallery’s summer group show ‘Mind is Outer Space.’ (In Chelsea through Aug 2nd).  

Matt Hoyt, Untitled (Group 93), two wooden shelves with polyurethane supports containing 11 component objects comprised of all or some of the following:  various putties, plastic, metal, clay, krazy glue, pastel, oil, tempera, acrylic, and spray paint, 2010-2013.

Willie Cole’s Shoonufu Female Figure at Alexander & Bonin Gallery

It would be amazing enough if this sculpture by Willie Cole was made of shoes.  It’s rendered more permanent and pushes the materials a step further by being crafted of bronze.  (At Chelsea’s Alexander and Bonin Gallery through July).  

Willie Cole, Shoonufu Female Figure, bronze, 2013.

Samara Golden in ‘Truck Baby,’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery

Disembodied hands snap photos at all angles from long tripods in ‘Truck Baby’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery on the Lower East Side.  LA-based Samara Golden, known for disorderly installations of fantastical worlds, presents a more straightforward tableau here, in which anonymous hands record everything.  (Through July 20th).  

Samara Golden, installation view of ‘A Convocation of,’ foam, wood, acrylic, 2012 in ‘Truck Baby’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery.

‘No Name’ at On Stellar Rays

Bayard’s mohair sculpture, hanging from the ceiling of the Lower East Side’s ‘On Stellar Rays,’ may look uncomfortably warm for this weather but it’s the most tactile object in a show that includes a flag painted in bacon fat and pigment by Michael Mahalchick, a meticulously constructed faux pile of twigs by Nathaniel Robinson and a sculpture painstakingly crafted by Susan Collis to look like an old discarded plank.  (Through July 26th)  

Installation view of ‘No Name’ at On Stellar Rays, June 2013.

Alex Israel in ‘Noa, Noa,’ at Metro Pictures

At seven feet tall, Alex Israel’s shades are impressive.  One coldly reflective lens propped against the wall in Metro Pictures’ summer group show ‘Noa, Noa’ seems designed less as sun protection than as proof of its wearer’s extreme fashionability.  (In Chelsea through August 2nd).   

Alex Israel, Lens, UV protective plastic, 2012-13.