Tag: carving

Gerard Mullin at Kristen Lorello Gallery

Young Brooklyn-based, Irish artist Gerard Mullin merges paint and design in hand-carved abstract works that never seem to stop moving. (At Kristen Lorello Gallery on the Lower East Side through July 15th).

Gerard Mullin, Untitled, watercolor, wood dye and acrylic on plywood, 48 x 35 ¾ inches, 2013.
Gerard Mullin, Untitled, watercolor, wood dye and acrylic on plywood, 48 x 35 ¾ inches, 2013.

Philip Taaffe at Carolina Nitsch

Inspired by a stone carving of the feathered dragon Quetzalcoatl, painter Philip Taaffe had the shape recreated in Spanish alabaster, which he then painted and printed. In the paper collage in the background, concentric circles give the illusion of a spiral echoing the coils of the serpent. (In Chelsea at Carolina Nitsch through Nov 7).

Philip Taaffe, Hodi Mihi, Cras Tibi (#2/8), hand carved Spanish alabaster, poppy seed oil, hand stamped and painted with oil paint, signed, numbered, dated below, 17 x 17 x 15 inches, 2015.