Tag: bag

Yoonmi Nam in ‘New Prints’ at the International Print Center New York

It’ll be no problem to ‘Please recycle this bag,’ in this case, as artwork. Yoonmi Nam’s plastic carrier bags are in fact lithographs on gampi paper containing not plastic food containers but glazed slipcast porcelain. They subvert the notion of disposability powerfully. (At the International Print Center’s ‘New Prints 2017/Winter’ exhibition through April 1st).

Yoonmi Nam, Take Out (Thank You for Your Patronage), lithograph on gampi paper and glazed slipcast porcelain. Edition: unique, 2016. And Take Out (Thank You Gracias), 2015.

Josh Blackwell at 11R

New York artist Josh Blackwell morphs a plastic carrier bag into a wonder of colorful stitching in a free-standing sculpture that’s a poster child for reuse and recycling. (At 11R on the Lower East Side through June 5th).

Josh Blackwell, Neveruses (Unprincipled), plastic, wool, silk, paper, wire, foam, 15.5 x 15 x 4 inches, 2016.
Josh Blackwell, Neveruses (Unprincipled), plastic, wool, silk, paper, wire, foam, 15.5 x 15 x 4 inches, 2016.

Miranda Lichtenstein at Elizabeth Dee Gallery

The ‘you’ in this photo by New York artist Miranda Lichtenstein points in several directions; most obvious is a shaming of the plastic bag user, more concerned with convenience than environmental responsibility. It also leads away from Lichtenstein herself, considering that the image is a manipulation of a work by artist Josh Blackwell, whose practice involves layering and sewing on plastic carrier bags. It’s hard to tell where one artist’s work begins and the other ends, but both come out ahead – Lichtenstein for her generosity in sharing her platform and Blackwell for his creativity. (At Elizabeth Dee Gallery in Chelsea through Dec 19th).

 Miranda Lichtenstein, You!, archival pigment print, 40 x 26 ½ inches, 2015.