Tag: birds

Sara Ludy with Bitforms at Future Fair

Sara Ludy’s artwork connects to both virtual and physical worlds manifesting as actual objects inspired by a VR dream house; here, in pieces from 2018, the artist combined glass and copper to create sculptural environments for imagined birds.  Ludy’s ability to create compelling work in digital and physical media makes her an ideal artist for her gallery, Bitforms, to showcase in the inaugural Future Fair, currently operating on-line due to the pandemic.  Check out her latest images, attractive abstractions which appear simultaneously organic and highly manipulated, intimate yet without reference to scale. (On view in the Future Fair through June 6th).

Sara Ludy, Nest 1 and Nest 2, both Waken Glass; copper mesh and glass, 4 x 8 x 7 inches & 2.5 x 5 x 4.75 inches, both 2018.

Duke Riley at Magnan Metz Gallery

Last year, from the decks of a decommissioned Navy ship, artist Duke Riley orchestrated dramatic light shows with over one thousand pigeons carrying LED lights on their legs. If the birds seemed anonymous as they put on a light show in the dark, their identities come into focus now at a two-gallery exhibition of related artwork, including a room of hand-painted and embroidered portraits of 1,000 birds. (On view at Magnan Metz Gallery’s pop up location at 524 West 26th Street and 521 West 26th Street through Oct 21st).

Duke Riley, installation view of ‘The Armies of the Night,’ embroidery and paint on canvas, 14 x 9 inches, 2017.

Lynn Katsafouros at Prince Street Gallery

Lynn Katsafouros updates the Byzantine icon with this painting of a saintly woman with a resigned stoic look, surrounded by tiny birds and wearing what could be an artist’s smock. (At Prince Street Gallery through Oct 1st).

Lynn Katsafouros, Portrait II, oil on linen, 26 x 32 inches, 2014.
Lynn Katsafouros, Portrait II, oil on linen, 26 x 32 inches, 2014.

Mark Dion at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Mark Dion’s latest show is for the birds, which is to say that the centerpiece, a huge cage housing a selection of books related to birds and their predators along with several zebra finch and canaries, is intended as a gift to our feathered friends. The birds seem to be more concerned about nest building and communicating with each other than in reading, leaving the literature to humans and reinforcing Dion’s point that it’s always about us. (At Tanya Bonakdar Gallery through April 16th).

Mark Dion, The Library for the Birds of New York, steel, wood, books and birds, 138 x 240 inches, 2016.
Mark Dion, The Library for the Birds of New York, steel, wood, books and birds, 138 x 240 inches, 2016.

Sally Saul in ‘At Home’ at LaunchF18

Sally Saul’s arresting ceramic self-portrait portrays her as if in mid-sentence, her eyes looking into the distance as if trying to phrase something just so. Surrounded by tiny attentive birds, what she says has caused nature to stop and listen. (At LaunchF18 on the Lower East Side through March 6th).

Sally Saul, Self-Portrait, clay and glaze, 12 x 9 x 8 inches, unique, 2010.
Sally Saul, Self-Portrait, clay and glaze, 12 x 9 x 8 inches, unique, 2010.