Issy Wood, ‘Tour Management Study’ at the Met Museum

In what feels like a final hurrah before the commencement of the Met Museum’s 4-year construction of the Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art, newly hung contemporary paintings by Matthew Wong, Qiu Xiaofei, Cady Noland and other sought-after contemporary artists have offered an intriguing foretaste of what’s to come.  Here, a large canvas by British artist and musician Issy Wood juxtaposes a watch face, clusters of bells and a car’s leather seat in an enigmatic but evocative suggestion of time, music and movement.  (On view at the Met Museum).

A painting of a row of sleigh bells, a clock face and a leather car seat put three different images in close proximity.
Issy Wood, Tour management study, oil on velvet, 2023.

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