In this towering mash-up of American vernacular imagery that includes Ronald Reagan’s caricatured head at top, tree stumps carved into baseball bats, faces and an elephant foot and two large baseballs, Ivan Witenstein creates a portrait of America from precariously balanced kitsch. (At Derek Eller Gallery through Jan 3rd).
Ivan Witenstein, Rails to Trails, wood, acrylic, oil, enamel, wood burning, 93 x 75 x 31 inches.
