Tag: 57th street

Kathy Ruttenberg at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Kathy Ruttenberg’s signature human/animal hybrids debuted on New York City streets this winter as large-scale sculptures in the Broadway malls project, a public art project located between 64th and 157th Streets on Broadway.  This macquette for a sculpture on 157th Street, currently on view at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, brings her storytelling back to an intimate scale as a human-bodied stag pursues a quixotic romance with a confined mermaid.  (On view on 57th Street at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art through March 8th).

Kathy Ruttenberg, Fishbowl Maquette, ceramic, acrylic, wood, plaster, 20 x 24 x 26 inches, 2016/18.

Richard Deacon at Marian Goodman Gallery

Flowing water, curling strands of cable and licorice come to mind when encountering Richard Deacon’s dynamic steamed wood sculpture ‘Under the Weather #2.’  Appearing to both hang down from above like a Sheila Hicks fiber installation and rise up from the floor like a rearing snake, the piece is energized by its contradictory suggestions of slackness and tense energy.  (On view on 57th Street at Marian Goodman Gallery through Feb 16th).

Richard Deacon, Under the Weather #2, steamed wood, 136 ¼ x 45 x 35 3/8 inches, 2016.

Giuseppe Penone at Marian Goodman Gallery

Giuseppe Penone’s 1985 branch, carved from the block of fir wood to which it still belongs, posits artist as creator and forces a comparison between human effort and natural growth. (At Marian Goodman Gallery on 57th Street through Dec 22nd).

Giuseppe Penone, Albero di 3,50 metri, fir wood, 140 1/8 x 11 1/8 x 6 ¼ inches, 1985.

Thomas Struth at Marian Goodman Gallery

Astronauts simulate working in the weightlessness of space in Houston’s Johnson Space Center, where they perform tasks on models in a giant pool; captured by German photographer Thomas Struth, the lab appears to be suspended in space and time, submerged as if in jelly or under glass. (At Marian Goodman Gallery on 57th Street through Dec 22nd).

Thomas Struth, Full-scale Mock-up 1, JSC, Houston, inkjet print, image: 60 7/8 x 110 ¼ inches, 2017.

Paolo Ventura at Edwynn Houk Gallery

Three isolated bathers search for shells in a nature scene that melds sky and water, melancholy and peace by Paolo Ventura at Edwynn Houk Gallery. Ventura’s new hand painted, collaged photos evoke stage sets that question time and place. (On view in the 57th Street area through Nov 11th).

Paolo Ventura, La Cercatrice di Conchiglie, hand-painted photographs with collage, 30 panels, 8 x 11 1/8 inches each, 2017.