Tag: british

Neil Raitt at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Using techniques from ‘how to’ TV shows on painting, British artist Neil Raitt makes odd juxtapositions of cabins and mountains, cacti and palm trees in repeating patterns that are like digital wallpaper but carefully hand-rendered. (At Nicelle Beauchene Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 13th).

Neil Raitt, installation view of ‘Fantasty Traveller’ at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Feb 2016.
Neil Raitt, installation view of ‘Fantasty Traveller’ at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Feb 2016.

Jonathan Baldock at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery




British artist Jonathan Baldock’s soft sculptures channel both Louise Bourgeois’ use of soft fabric to create unnerving characters and Barbara Hepworth’s rounded, organic sculptural forms to create cheery yet creepy totemic forms. (At Nicelle Beauchene Gallery through Feb 7th).

Mutter, steel, hessian, felt, thread, polystyrene, dolls eyes, brass, 65 ½ x 15 ¾ x 11 ½ inches, 2015.


Hayley Tompkins in ‘Walks and displacements’ at Andrew Kreps Gallery

Hayley Tompkins’ picture pails are loosely reminiscent of looking down at one’s distorted reflection in a pool of water; they’re like a quieter, low tech version of Tony Oursler’s talking heads projected on objects; folded into plastic bags and put in pails, they could be refuse waiting to be taken out. Whatever motivated them, they’re made to be moved – a body-less companion waiting to go for a walk. (At Andrew Kreps Gallery through Dec 19th.) 

 Hayley Tompkins, Picture Pail IV, V and VI, metal pail, plastic bag, gouache and magazine page, 13 x 13 ¾ x 12 ¼ inches, 2015.

Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Augustine

Famous for making casts of empty space (inside of rooms, between book shelves), British sculptor Rachel Whiteread continues to consider built and domestic environments in her latest solo show at Chelsea’s Luhring Augustine Gallery. Among doors and windows cast in resin, this papier mache and silver leaf brick wall offers an architectural fragment as a precious object. (Through Dec 19th).

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Silver Leaf), papier mache and silver leaf, 22 x 19 5/8 inches, 2015.

Ellen Macdonald at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

London-based painter Ellen Macdonald snaps her audience to attention by juxtaposing abstraction and figuration in this painting of a hand and a neighboring abstract work composed of looping lines on a vivid orange background. (At Nicelle Beauchene Gallery on the Lower East Side through August 14th).

Ellen Macdonald, Untitled (U include the, wall between and you), oil on linen, 24 x 18 inches, 2015.