Tag: donut

Emily Eveleth at Miles McEnery Gallery

Emily Eveleth has pointed out that the object in her painting is not necessarily the subject, a consideration that continues to apply to her ongoing series of donut paintings at Miles McEnery Gallery.  Though more or less obviously desserts, Eveleth’s donuts are lit to suggest intimate bodies or ooze jam in ways that hint at trauma.  Titled after books published by the Parisian firm Olympia Press and shaped to resemble book format, each canvas speaks volumes. (On view in Chelsea through Nov 27th.)

Emily Eveleth, Boudoir, oil on panel, 26 x 18 inches, 2021.

David Gilhooly in ‘Craft Front and Center’ at the Museum of Art and Design

Whether they crown an ice cream Sunday or nestle between burger buns, late sculptor David Gilhooly’s recurring ceramic frogs humorously disrupt classic dishes.  A member of the California-based Funk Ceramic Movement, Gilhooly embraced the grotesque while picturing foods that should be tempting.  Here, a tower of bagels and donuts along with an about-to-topple coffee cup are delivered by a frog with skin resembling bread covered with poppy seeds. (On view in ‘Craft Front and Center’ at the Museum of Art and Design through Feb 13th.)


David Gilhooly, Bread Frog as a Coffee Break, glazed earthenware; hand wrought, 23 ½ x 15 ½ x 6 ½ inches, 1981-82.

Emily Eveleth at Danese Corey Gallery

Fruity filling oozes from cracked dough like blood seeping from a wound in this painting of two stacked donuts by Emily Eveleth. The painting’s title ‘Façade,’ suggests we’re only getting half of the story and backs up the impression that these donuts can be read as stand-ins for much more. (At Danese Corey Gallery in Chelsea through April 16th).

Emily Eveleth, Façade, oil on canvas, 68 x 40 inches, 2016.
Emily Eveleth, Façade, oil on canvas, 68 x 40 inches, 2016.

Jonathan Baldock in ‘A Friend is Only a Human Body’ at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

Behind a pleasantly printed pastel sheet strung across one corner of the gallery, a quirky little donut-bodied character by young British artist Jonathan Baldock instructs (according to the title) ‘How to Open Your Third Eye.’ (At Nicelle Beauchene Gallery on the LES through Feb 8th).

Jonathan Baldock, Screen with Peep-holes, muslin, acrylic, thread, 105 ½ x 141 ½ inches, 2014. And Jonathan Baldock, How to Open Your Third Eye, felt, wadding, silk thread, ceramic polymer, 23 ½ x 12 x 6 inches, 2015.