New York based artist Park McArthur’s installation of ramps she’s recently used – from a splintered board to a sturdy new ramp – to access art spaces and her residential building in downtown Manhattan tell a succinct and eye-opening tale of unintentional discrimination. (At Essex Street Gallery through Feb 23rd).
Park McArthur, installation view of ‘Ramps,’ at Essex Street Gallery, Jan 2014.
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.
