A paint-flecked puffer jacket hanging at the entrance to Analia Saban’s latest solo exhibition at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery feels a little out of place, at least until closer inspection reveals it to be made of white-veined black marble. Known for her inventive use of materials and for work that mediates between hand making and computer technologies, Saban’s coat represents another analogue / digital merger. A video posted to her Instagram account features the artist standing next to a giant milling robotic arm with the unfinished piece nearby, an artistic collaboration between human and machine that recalls how clothing (including the original puffer coat) is made. (On view in Chelsea through Dec 18th).
