Tag: design

More Material at Salon94 Bowery

Group exhibitions allow art lovers to pack more into a gallery visit; this summer, few galleries offer more than Salon94 Bowery, which includes work by sixty artists in the beautifully presented ‘More Material,’ organized by London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu. Here, Olowu’s gorgeously patterned capes stand next to Stanley Whitney’s red, blue and green oil painting and Ajay Kurian’s ghee and gold dust abstractions.  (On the Lower East Side through August 1st).

Installation view of ‘More Material at Salon94 Bowery, July, 2014.

Joris Laarman Lab at Friedman Benda Gallery

Examples from Dutch designer Joris Laarman’s ‘Maker’ series, on display at Chelsea’s Friedman Benda Gallery, demonstrate the possibilities this celebrated young designer explores using digital fabrication. Here, resin and walnut undergo an attractive merger. (Through June 14th).

Joris Laarman, Maker Chair (Diagonal), resin and walnut, 31.5 x 23.62 x 25.59 inches, 2014.

Jaya Howey at Bureau Inc

Under a stunning sunrise, time runs out, nature takes its course and a masked figure keeps up appearances in this attractively simple yet hard-to-interpret painting by Brooklyn artist Jaya Howey. How it all fits together seems to be less important than noting how it’s all happening at once. (At Bureau on the Lower East Side through June 15th).

Jaya Howey, Opening Narrative with Frame Work 3, oil and acrylic on canvas, ceramic, epoxy, 119 x 94cm, 2014.

Jorge Pardo at Petzel Gallery

Invited to show at LA’s MoCA in 1997, Jorge Pardo built an off-site house as his exhibition (where he now lives with his family). His latest design-as-living space can be seen at Petzel Gallery, where ‘Spare Bedroom’ offers a sanctuary-like space-within-a-space reminiscent of bedroom-nooks built into lofts but with a stained-glass look suggesting something more like a choir loft. (In Chelsea through April 5th).

Jorge Pardo, Spare Bedroom, mixed media, 2014.

Robert Fontinelli at Feature Inc

Bodies and furniture become one in New York artist Robert Fontinelli’s huge drawings, touching on materialism and how we define our personalities through design choices.  Here in Feature, Inc’s front windows, two men merged with theater seats and each other suggest two identities becoming one.  (On the Lower East Side through Feb 16th).

Robert Fontinelli, Twinks in Prouve Amphitheater Seats, 2014.