Tag: cut paper

Future Retrieval at Denny Dimin Gallery

Inspired by their residency at the natural-history treasure-trove, The Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati, artist duo Future Retrieval have filled Denny Dimin Gallery in Tribeca with sculpture, cut paper and rugs inspired by the natural world.  Here, an image of mushrooms carefully crafted from cut-paper towers over porcelain specimens, together creating a mini-garden celebrating fungal diversity. Called a ‘mycological trophy case’ by the artists, the piece pays homage to mycologist Curtis Gates Lloyd’s extensive research and study.  (On view through June 4th).

Future Retrieval, Fungiculture, porcelain, cut paper, wood, 47 x 38 x 12 inches, ’21 – ’22.

Ebony G. Patterson at Hales Gallery

Gardens are sites of beauty and loss in Ebony G. Patterson’s rich, cut-paper collages currently on view at Hales Gallery in Chelsea.  Draped forms mimic hanging roots and abundant flora that obscure personal items (a doll, a purse) belonging to individuals who are not present.  Cut and ripped holes in the assemblage speak to violence that has turned a lush environment into a funerary display.  (On view through Dec 20th).

Ebony G Patterson, detail of ‘…below the crows, a blue purse sits between the blades, shoes among the petals, a cockerel comes to witness…’, digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies, costume jewelry, 110 x 98 x 6 inches, 2019.

Gareth Nyandoro at Van Doren Waxter Gallery

From behind a floating mass of car logos, a stoic figure represents the services of Mhofu Motor Spares in Zimbabwean artist Gareth Nyandoro’s work at Van Doren Waxter Gallery.  Known for his cut paper technique – for which he scores, paints and peels layers from the material – Harare-based Nyandoro captures both the energy and the quieter moments of the city’s marketplaces and exchanges.  (On view on the Lower East Side through Dec 21st).

Gareth Nyandoro, Mhofu Motor Spares, mixed media (Kucheka cheka) on paper mounted on canvas, 79.5 x 65 inches, through 2018.

Casey Ruble at Foley Gallery

Casey Ruble’s meticulous cut paper images of former safe houses on the Underground Railway and locations of Civil Rights era riots confer a potent stillness on historical scenes that are fading from memory, largely unmarked by signage or physical markers. Here, she focuses on the epicenter of the 1967 Newark riot, where police mistreatment of an African American cab driver sparked a devastating protest. (At Foley Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 20th).

Casey Ruble, Music. Even laughter. And always the gunfire. Paper collage, 8.5 x 6 inches, 2015.
Casey Ruble, Music. Even laughter. And always the gunfire. Paper collage, 8.5 x 6 inches, 2015.

Kara Walker at Sikkema Jenkins

Over the past few years, Kara Walker has moved away from her signature antebellum figures seen in silhouette enacting various barbarisms on each other.  In the back galleries of Chelsea’s Sikkema Jenkins, they return with vigor and malice, begging the question of what’s changed since they made Walker’s name in the mid-90s.  (Through May 22nd).  

Kara Walker, Wall Sampler 1, cut paper and paint on wall, dimensions variable, 2013.