Young Brooklyn-based, Irish artist Gerard Mullin merges paint and design in hand-carved abstract works that never seem to stop moving. (At Kristen Lorello Gallery on the Lower East Side through July 15th).
Gerard Mullin at Kristen Lorello Gallery
Tag: abstract
Anna Sew Hoy at Koenig and Clinton
“Bodies merge with stuff,” explains LA sculptor Anna Sew Hoy of her recent sculptures, succinctly introducing her intention to build bodies that allow reshaped thinking. Installed at Koenig and Clinton Gallery in Chelsea, denim ‘worms’ and arms lifted to create an oval shape bespeak fluidity and openness. (Through July 29th).
Joanne Greenbaum at Rachel Uffner Gallery
New York painter Joanne Greenbaum takes mark making into three dimensions with ceramics that evoke natural forms and architecture in vibrant color at Rachel Uffner Gallery on the Lower East Side. (Through July 1st).
Richard Tuttle at Pace Gallery
Richard Tuttle celebrates fifty years of art making with a show of work from his last 26 New York solo shows. ‘Titel 3’ from 1978 typifies Tuttle’s sometimes ephemeral arrangements; a washy drip of brown watercolor on the wall interacts with a crisp, green arch of paper, creating a succinct contrast between chance and deliberate gestures. (At Pace Gallery’s 25th Street location through June 11th)
Nadia Haji Omar at Kristen Lorello Gallery
Brooklyn-based, Sri-Lanka raised artist Nadia Haji Omar has found inspiration for her abstract forms in Tamil, Sinhala, Arabic and French letter forms. This untitled dye and acrylic canvas nods to language as much as to natural forms found in the water or under a microscope. (At Kristen Lorello Gallery on the Lower East Side through June 12th).
