Ursula von Rydingsvard’s monumental cedar sculptures have taken a turn toward more complex forms in her recent work at Chelsea’s Galerie Lelong. Already labor intensive, von Rydingsvard’s process appears to have become even more challenging as she has moved from towering forms with complex surfaces that evoke weathered rock to equally large pieces that feature long, smoother finger-like forms. Inspired by her own hands, the new work foregrounds the act of creation by picturing waving patterns of digits that also recall the shape of coral or underwater plants. (On view in Chelsea through March 28th.)
