Libby Rothfeld in ‘Daydream from 2013’ at Canada New York

Neatly tiled platforms suggest a clean and ordered place while glasses with red sticks hint at incense offerings in New York artist Libby Rothfeld’s evocative ‘Option #1,’ currently at Canada New York on the Lower East Side. The setup entices us to make up our own story – one in which a fragile crown sporting a fairy-like face might find its way to an Asian supermarket shopping basket filled with potatoes… (Through August 26th).

Libby Rothfeld, Option #1, tile, grout, cement, porcelain, potatoes, glassware, rock, 33 x 36 x 21 inches, 2016.
Libby Rothfeld, Option #1, tile, grout, cement, porcelain, potatoes, glassware, rock, 33 x 36 x 21 inches, 2016.