Tag: 1997

Al Taylor at David Zwirner Gallery

Using telephone cable and pipes from local construction sites, Al Taylor created this sculpture on site for an exhibition in Denmark in 1997. Here, the cables read like colorful and jittery lines connecting solid objects whose shapes suggest the entire piece might literally begin to move. (At David Zwirner Gallery, 20th Street location through Feb 14th.)

Al Taylor, Full Gospel Neckless (Dog Act), P.E. plastic tubes, rubber wheel chocks and plastic-coated copper telephone cable, 27 ½ x 206 x 64 inches, 1997.

Sarah Sze in ‘The Bigger Picture: Work from the 1990s’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Last summer, Sarah Sze transformed the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennial inside and out with a super abundance of very precisely arranged objects. In Chelsea, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery celebrates 20 years with a group exhibition that includes a piece by Sze from 1997, originally situated by a Greek harbor. Pills, nuts, soy sauce packets and other ephemera of everyday life look like a strangely contemporary votive offering. (Through August 1st).

Sarah Sze, Untitled (Thessaloniki), mixed media, 1997.