Tag: curated

Laurel Sparks at Cheim & Read Gallery

‘Geomantria,’ the title of Lauren Sparks’ show last spring Kate Werble Gallery succinctly introduces the concept of geometry as magic in the Brooklyn painter’s canvases.  In this grid of nine works – part of a three-person group exhibition of abstract painting at Chelsea’s Cheim & Read Gallery, curated by Jack Pierson – Sparks plots out six points with relationships that shift according to the ash, papier mache, glitter, yarn and other materials she applies to woven strips of canvas.  (On view through August 30th).

Laurel Sparks, paintings from ‘STANZA’ and ‘TERCET.’ Materials include: acrylic, poured gesso, paper mache, ash, cut holes, collage, glitter and yarn on woven canvas strips, each 24 x 24 inches, 2018.

‘A Secret Affair’ at FLAG Art Foundation

The FLAG Foundation’s ‘A Secret Affair’ is one of the best shows of the moment in Chelsea, and one of the most appropriately titled, given that it’s tucked away high on the 9th and 10th floors of the foundation’s 545 West 25th Street exhibition space. Curated by Louis Grachos from Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman’s collection, rooms like this one show off the quality of the collection as well as the Fuhrmans’ penchant for sculptures of couples. (Through May 16th).

Installation view of ‘A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection,’ at the FLAG Art Foundation, including work by Louise Bourgeois (foreground), Yinka Shonibare (left), Juan Munoz (middle), Maurizio Cattelan (back), March 2015.