LA artist Samara Golden turns conventional space on its head in immersive installations like her memorable show at CANADA Gallery in 2015, for which she employed mirrors, an elevated walkway and tables and chairs affixed to the wall to suggest an event space from a parallel dimension. A fragment related to that body of work is a standout in Marianne Boesky Gallery’s summer group show ‘Material World,’ curated by Gina Beavers, another artist whose paintings and installations spring off the wall with their bold, often humorous imagery. The show includes an aluminum textile-like wall work by El Anatsui, a geometric sculpture made of quilts by Sanford Biggers and a painted ceramic ice cream dessert by Claes Oldenburg, all of which have been inspirations for Beaver’s work and which act as an enticing prelude to her upcoming show in September. (On view through July 26th).
