In the past, front-page news has been source material for Dashiell Manley’s canvases; his recent series explores his emotional and psychological reactions to the news of the day. (At Marianne Boesky Gallery in Chelsea through Dec 17th.)
Game show contestants and reality TV personalities are the subject of John Miller’s paintings and this sculpture at Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea. Moments of supposedly ‘real’ emotion accompany paintings of empty, dramatically tacky game stages, conjuring a bizarre world of fakeness. (Through Feb 28th).
John Miller, Public Display, 68 x 58 x 58 inches, acrylic/wood, formica, 2013.
Quoting from literature through the ages, two boys choir members trade insults in sweet, soaring voices as they move around Barbara Gladstone Gallery climbing and sitting on marble slabs. Human emotion, soon-to-change voices and eternal forces of nature are artist duo Allora & Calzadilla’s interests in the performance they’ve orchestrated. (Through October 11th).
Allora & Calzadilla, installation view of the performance ‘Fault Lines’ at Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Sept 2014.
