Drawing on Japanese pop culture and a predilection for nature, Seattle-based Japanese artist Yumiko Kayukawa’s exhibition at Foley Gallery on the Lower East Side strikes a clever balance between irony and kitsch. (Through July 12th).
Yumiko Kayukawa, Ominugui (Cleaning), acrylic on linen, 22 x 18 inches, 2013.
Like British YouTube phenomena The Slow Mo Guys, German artist Martin Klimas recognizes the power of slowing down a dramatic event to stimulate our curiosity. Both have recently captured paint flying up from the surface of a speaker (the subject of Klimas’ show at Foley Gallery). But selections from Klimas’ previous body of work – depicting smashing figurines, on view in the back room – steal the show by adding the suggestion of accident and the happy intervention of chance. (At Foley Gallery on the Lower East Side through Nov 3rd).
Martin Klimas, Untitled (Pink and Green), pigment print, 2006.
