Cancer treatment in 2009 caused Sarah Bednarek to experience hallucinations of a geometric world; in her show at Morgan Lehman Gallery, she manifests these visions as sculptural forms that seem to simultaneously offer the mysteries of a red void and the domestic banality of veneered wood. Behind, Leigh Ruple’s vividly colored, lethargic character is barely contained by the canvas. (In Chelsea through July 29th).
Known for his creativity with photo printing processes (he presented heliographs created with tar from the La Brea Tar Pits in his last show) LA artist Matthew Brandt created this piece from his ‘Burnout’ series by using acid to thin out areas of velvet on which he’s reproduced an image of a garment created with the same burnout process. (In Chelsea at Yossi Milo Gallery through August 29th).
Matthew Brandt, from the series Burnouts, SR03A, silkscreen print on silk velvet with acid treatment, 54 ¼” x 42 1/2,” 2014.
