Self-taught young Seattle-based painter Eden Seifu’s second solo show at Deli Gallery in Tribeca pits joy against terror in spiritually-oriented paintings brimming with energy. In ‘Our Joined Hands Make a Landing Strip for Angels,’ a loving couple’s clasped hands create a pathway in the air on which tiny angels dance while ‘I Don’t Care if the Black Dog Gets Me’ pictures the horror of an attack on a young woman. Here, the title figure in ‘The Angel of Pilgrimage’ holds a shell, a symbol for the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in Spain, reminding viewers of the pathways on which we all, with more or less awareness, tread. (On view through July 21st).
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Hannah Wilke at Ronald Feldman Gallery
Hannah Wilke’s two drawings of herself as an angel after Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, now on view at Ronald Feldman Gallery in SoHo, stand out among photo, video and sculpture from the 70s to the early 90s by the feminist art icon. Although known for having defied feminist conventions by displaying her own body in provocative ways; here, Wilke’s audience gazes on her profile not her figure as she manifests as a celestial being. Recalling Durer’s engraving ‘Melancholia,’ in which a female angel represents the artist’s melancholy, Wilke expressionist version offers a more freeing vision. (On view in SoHo through Nov 30th).
Mernet Larsen in ‘Let’s Get Figurative’ at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
Mernet Larsen, Nativity, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 74 x 31.5 inches, 2005.
Francesco Clemente at Mary Boone Gallery
Angels sleep under rainbows in Francesco Clemente’s ‘Angels’ Tent,’ while top-hatted men act oppressively (one enslaves two figures) in the ‘Devil’s Tent.’ The lushly decorated Mughal style tents signal Clemente’s nomadic lifestyle while making a strong contrast between good and evil. (At Chelsea’s Mary Boone Gallery through Dec 20th).
Francesco Clemente, installation view of Angels’ Tent and Devil’s Tent at Mary Boone Gallery, Nov, 2014.