Tag: moss

Thiago Rocha Pitta at Marianne Boesky Gallery

A tent of wet cement appears to either disgorge or swallow a lush spill of mosses in Brazilian artist Thiago Rocha Pitta’s ‘The First Green,’ an installation at Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea. Though the scene appears to be a static standoff between the survival of man or nature, Rocha Pitta avoids thinking in binaries. On the wall, frescos resemble ancient microorganisms performing photosynthesis, producing oxygen, and continuing a process that has gone on for billions of years. (On view through April 29th).

Thiago Rocha Pitta, installation view of ‘The First Green’ at Marianne Boesky Gallery, April, 2017.

Esko Mannikko at Yancey Richardson Gallery

Decay never looked as good as it does in Finnish photographer Esko Mannikko’s photograph of this mossy ceiling and orange curtain, typical of his photos of abandoned or derelict houses, cars and public places. (At Yancey Richardson Gallery in Chelsea through March 14th).

Esko Mannikko, Untitled, from the series Organized Freedom, archival pigment print in artist’s frame, 37 x 53 inches, 2012.