Nathaniel de Large at 247365

The chemical smell of ‘Stockpot’ – a Porta potty on rockers – hits immediately at Nathaniel de Large’s solo show at 247365 on the Lower East Side.   This surprising sculpture opens a show inspired by de Large’s time spent camping in a Brooklyn parking lot. Further in, the artist displays a puffer jacket the size of a camper (which serves as a screening room) and freshly poured concrete ‘sidewalks’ into which friends have carved their marks. (On view through March 10th).

Nathaniel de Large, Stockpot, Porta potty, steel, aluminum, motor, shirt, concrete, 42 x 82 x 99 inches, 2017.

Henry Gunderson at 247365 Gallery

Fit for a student or a teacher, this monumental painted shoe not only holds scissors, pens and other school supplies, it’s a history lesson all on its own, from the cave paintings to a digitally rendered portrait in green lines. Titled after Magritte’s Le Modele Rouge (a painting of boots that take on the appearance of bare feet), Henry Gunderson’s update is more practical than surreal, but no less fun to ponder. (At 247365 Gallery on the Lower East Side through Feb 5th).

Henry Gunderson, Le Modele Rouge, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 96 inches, 2016.
Henry Gunderson, Le Modele Rouge, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 96 inches, 2016.

Hannah Levy in ‘And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon’ at 247365 Gallery

Flesh-color, cabbage-like leaves nestle in a container that recalls an incubator in Hannah Levy’s alluringly odd sculpture at 247365 Gallery. Waxy fingers that hold the tub and leaves made of something resembling skin recall Keith Edmier’s resin renderings of his mother or Matthew Barney’s plastics and petroleum jelly, making for fascinating but unnerving sculpture.

Hannah Levy, Untitled, steel, thermoplastic, silicone, plastic tub, 25 x 44 x 36 inches, 2016.
Hannah Levy, Untitled, steel, thermoplastic, silicone, plastic tub, 25 x 44 x 36 inches, 2016.

Leah Guadagnoli at 247365




1980s interior décor inspires Brooklyn artist Leah Guadagnoli’s huge new wall sculptures, perfectly conjuring the colors and fabrics of the decade and turning them into objects of contemplation. (At 247365 on the Lower East Side through Feb 7th.)

Leah Guadagnoli, Slow Dance in My Underpants, oil, acrylic, fabric, pumice stone, canvas, wood and polyurethane foam on insulation board, 72 x 58 x 7 inches, 2015.


‘In Appearance of Order’ at 247365

Normally, this tiny art gallery exists on-line only as virtual gallery ‘Water McBeer,’ run by artist Henry Gunderson. On the occasion of Gunderson’s solo show in 247365 Gallery’s main space, it has stepped into the realm of the real to show miniature artwork by an impressive roster of artists including Carol Bove’s caterpillar, recognizable from bigger versions on the High Line. (Through Oct 11th).

‘In Appearance of Order,’ including work by Carol Bove, Ajay Kurian, Nathaniel de Large, and Jessie Stead, Sept 2015.