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Mike Nelson at 303 Gallery

How would life continue after an apocalypse? British artist Mike Nelson’s latest show at Chelsea’s 303 Gallery imagines a scenario in which a group of survivors on the North Sea coast build sculpture from washed up trash to recreate what they haltingly remember. This serpent, tattered flags and various totems speak to an unstoppable urge to establish a bulkhead and mediate the unknown. (Through Feb 21st).

Mike Nelson, detail from the installation ‘Gang of Seven,’ found materials collected from the North West Pacific Coast (feathers, tires, rocks, driftwood, Styrofoam, metal rods and chains, pylons, clothing), dimensions variable, 2013.

Florian Maier-Aichen at 303 Gallery

German artist Florian Maier-Aichen blurs the boundaries between painting and photography in his latest series of abstract images, created by pouring paint, transferring images to transparent film, backing them with other paintings and ultimately photographing the final product for presentation as a photograph. (At Chelsea’s 303 Gallery through July 25th).

Florian Maier-Aichen, Untitled, c-print, 81 ½ x 64 ¾ inches, 2014.

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at 303 Gallery

French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has long included clothing in her conceptual artworks; for her first show at Chelsea’s 303 Gallery, she displays items from her own wardrobe along with other ephemera (here, her drawing from 1981) as autobiography. (Through May 31st).

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, detail of the installation ‘euqinimod & costumes’ at 303 Gallery, May 2014.

Sue Williams at 303 Gallery

Titles like ‘Ministry of Hate’ (pictured here) and ‘Hill and Dale, Black-Ops’ reveal dark themes behind Sue Williams’ latest, vibrantly colored paintings.  Each work in her solo show at Chelsea’s 303 Gallery includes abstracted representations of the WTC, comingled with bodies in an oblique comment on life during the War on Terror.  (Through Feb 22nd).  

Sue Williams, Ministry of Hate, oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 x 84,” 2013.

Jane & Louise Wilson at 303 Gallery

British sisters Jane and Louise Wilson planted yardsticks in scenes from an H-bomb testing facility in the UK (at back) and a building at Chernobyl then photographed them, seemingly taking the measure of atomic energy as a destructive force.  In the foreground, a yardstick sculpture references a 1924 Rodchenko sculpture while suggesting that precision hasn’t helped this listing structure.  (At Chelsea’s 303 Gallery through August 2nd).  

Jane and Louise Wilson, installation view at 303 Gallery including ‘Altogether,’ Madeira wood, 2010.