Tag: America

Rebecca Morgan in ‘Amuse-Bouche’ at asyageisberg.com

Rebecca Morgan’s skewering of elitist urban attitudes towards rural Americans has shifted towards the grotesque in recent years.  You wouldn’t guess this to judge by this highlight of Morgan’s 2014 show from New York Art Tours archive, a sensitive portrayal of the artist wrapped in her ‘depression blanket.’  Audacious and merciless as ever, Morgan’s latest work at Asya Geisberg Gallery is part of a group exhibition of work priced under $3k; her young woman in a face mask is a highlight of the presentation.

Rebecca Morgan, Depression Blanket, oil and graphite on panel, 28” x 22,” 2014.

Nick Cave at Jack Shainman Gallery

Nick Cave, famous for his part-armor, part-costume sound-suits, meditates on gun violence in America in a sobering, symbol-laden show at Jack Shainman Gallery.  Here, Cave nestles found sculptures of African heads amongst hands paired in prayer or raised in a solitary gesture of greeting, surrender or a caress.  Flowers in the background offer hope of renewal.  (On view at Jack Shainman’s two Chelsea locations through Dec 22nd).

Nick Cave, detail of Untitled, fiberglass hands, wood sculpted heads of various sizes, beaded flowers, 36” (h) x 270” (l) x 45 ½” (w), 2018

Robert Longo in ‘A New Ballardian Vision’ at Metro Pictures

From huge charcoal drawings to weighty bronzes, Robert Longo has returned to images of the U.S. flag throughout his career in an on-going exploration of power and politics. Here, the mirrored surface of this flag makes viewers part of an object and a symbol.   (At Metro Pictures Gallery in Chelsea through August 4th).

Robert Longo, Untitled (Mirror Flag), silver oxide, clear coated aluminum bonded polyester resin, 42 x 56 x 14 inches, 2015.

Teresita Fernandez at Lehmann Maupin Gallery

A horizon line made of charcoal surrounds visitors to Teresita Fernandez’s haunting installation of burnt and burning landscape at Lehmann Maupin Gallery on the Lower East Side. Though Fernandez has explained that she wants to question the reality of the ‘virgin’ landscape described by early European settlers in North America by pointing to existing slash and burn farming methods, this handsome installation tantalizingly offers many interpretations. (On view through May 20th).

Teresita Fernandez, Charred Landscape (America), charcoal, dimensions variable, site specific installation for Lehmann Maupin, New York, 2017. Background: Fire (America) 5, glazed ceramic, 96 x 192 x 1.25 inches, 2017.

 

Romare Bearden in ‘Collage: Made in America’ at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Romare Bearden’s ‘The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson’ is a standout in Michael Rosenfeld Gallery’s current show of collage in American art.   Combining multiple images for the faces of the main male and female characters at an abundant dinner table, Bearden invites speculation on the many facets that make up a man or woman. (In Chelsea through April 1st).

Romare Bearden, The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson, collage of various papers on paperboard, 12 ½ x 15 ¾ inches, 1964.