Inspired by animal forms woven into carpets, carved into furniture and present throughout the history of architecture and the decorative arts, UK artist Debbie Lawson hides animals in plain sight in new sculpture at Sargent’s Daughters Gallery. Starting with a wire and tape armature, Lawson builds the animals and covers them in patterned carpet in a surprising blend of nature and culture. The show’s handsome installation begins with canids camouflaged against a carpet backdrop and freestanding animals including a big cat and a bear, then progresses to this magnificent eagle at the back of the gallery, wings spread and claws poised as if materializing from the carpet’s foliage. (On view in Tribeca through May 30th.)
