‘Wow’ is always an appropriate response to Judy Pfaff’s exuberant installations and sculpture, their joyful excess of materials and form always eye-catching, sometimes overwhelming. Her first show with Cristin Tierney Gallery features a 40’ long installation of acrylic sheets fixed with neon, polyurethane foam, recycled plastic and umbrellas along one wall of the gallery’s new Tribeca space. Opposite, three sculptures incorporating waving segments of plastic carpet pierced by neon (made with collaborating neon artist Joe Upham) transform impoverished materials into artworks with engaging visual complexity. (On view through Dec 20th).
