Tag: stones

Stefana McClure in ‘Hand in Hand’ at Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner

Irish artist Stefana McClure’s ‘Protest Stones’ are a clever twist to the theme of ‘Hand in Hand,’ a group exhibition at gallerist Josee Beinvenu’s and curator, advisor and publisher Michael Steinberg’s new Tribeca gallery, Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner.  Featuring artwork that relates in some way to the human hand, the show brings together work by over 30 artists in a variety of media.  Alluding the violence in Northern Ireland during her upbringing, McClure’s stones are for throwing.  Covered in battered text from American poet Adrienne Rich’s text ‘What Kind of Times Are These,’ the words question how we treat each other and who is paying attention.  (On view through Oct 30th).

Stefana McClure, Protest Stones: What Kind of Times Are These: a poem by Adrienne Rich, poetry-wrapped stones, waxed twine, cut nail, 18h x 8w x 4d inches, 2021.

Ugo Rondinone at Barbara Gladstone Gallery

In Ugo Rondinone’s exhibition of stacked sculptures at Barbara Gladstone Gallery in 2013, the Swiss artist piled rocks to resemble human figures. Here, vivid colors set the tone for a show that is about visual pleasure. In the background, a circular form (made from branches cast in aluminum and gilded) stands in for the sun setting over this cheery, primordial landscape. (In Chelsea through Oct 29th).

Ugo Rondinone, installation view of ‘the sun at 4pm’ at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 530 W. 21st Street, Sept 2016.
Ugo Rondinone, installation view of ‘the sun at 4pm’ at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 530 W. 21st Street, Sept 2016.

Peter Linde Busk at Derek Eller Gallery

Whether she is Venus, Sister Ray (a Velvet Underground character), or Penthesilea, the Amazonian Queen, Danish artist Peter Linde Busk’s recurring female character has a jittery, incomplete quality owing to her construction from cast-off and fragmentary materials. Here, Smalti, natural stones, ceramics and more compose a faceless, imperfect creature. (At Derek Eller Gallery on the Lower East Side through June 19th).

Peter Linde Busk, Sister Ray, Smalti, natural stones, fired and glazed ceramics, lithographic stones, glass, plaster, grout, artist oak frame, 94.5 x 59 x 2.75 inches, 2016.
Peter Linde Busk, Sister Ray, Smalti, natural stones, fired and glazed ceramics, lithographic stones, glass, plaster, grout, artist oak frame, 94.5 x 59 x 2.75 inches, 2016.

David Benjamin Sherry at Salon94 and Danziger Gallery

Young LA-based artist David Benjamin Sherry made his name with eco-conscious photos that alter the landscape of the American west. Here, he collages several photos together making a quilt-like pattern of stones that resembles a Playdoh sculpture or a well-intentioned but garish re-do of nature. (At Salon94 on the Lower East Side and Danziger Gallery in Chelsea through Oct 25th).

David Benjamin Sherry, Emotional Algorithm Epoch, Joshua Tree, California I, collage of traditional color darkroom photos, 40 x 50 inches, 2014.