Beautiful in their prime, cut roses quickly lose their appeal when the flower heads droop and leaves fall. David Kennedy Cutler’s flower sculpture in the back room of Derek Eller Gallery captures this moment of turning, arresting time just before total collapse and eliciting both appreciation of the erect pose of some blossoms and the disappointment at others’ inevitable decline. The artist starts by photographing flowers, printing them on canvas attached to an armature and painting the whole piece, a process that foregrounds procedure and results in a surprisingly fresh spatial arrangement. (On view in Tribeca through Nov 14th).
