Stephanie Temma Hier in ‘North by Northeast’ at Kasmin Gallery

The unlikely combination of a snake and carrots and the media of painting and ceramics in Stephanie Temma Hier’s sculpture/painting at Kasmin Gallery both attracts and puzzles.  Hier’s diverse combinations of imagery have included ceramic greyhounds with painted blueberries and sculptural lips enclosing a 2-D image of tulips; generally her juxtapositions prompt consideration of how the natural world has been mediated by human consumption.  Titled ‘At the Root of the Curve,’ this painting links root vegetables to sinuous forms via algebra terminology.  (On view in Chelsea through Aug 13th).

Stephanie Temma Hier, At the Root of the Curve, oil on linen with glazed stoneware sculpture, 67 x 57 inches, 2021.

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