Vladimir Salamun’s marble ice cream scoop stars in a deliciously food-themed show at Allan Stone Projects. Monumental and crafted in traditional art materials, this slow-to-melt pop art monument to the pleasures of taste becomes a treat for the eye as well. (On view in Chelsea through August 11th).
New York painter Jennifer Coates conflates consumption of art and food in new paintings featuring donuts, bagels, TV dinners and more. At center, this towering stack of pasta, cheese and sauce melts into an abstract painting evoking bubbling lava or a swirling face, playfully signaling the fetishistic power of food. (At Freight and Volume Gallery through April 16th).
Jennifer Rubell continues to turn hospitality into art in this standout sculpture from her solo show at Sargent’s Daughters. A five-foot tall, resin pants suit doubles as a cookie jar holding treats baked from Hillary Clinton’s oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe, offered to the public in 1992 after she’d commented on wanting to pursue her career rather than bake cookies. Twenty-five years later, questions about women’s roles in society are a continued hot topic. (On the Lower East Side through March 5th).
Karen Lederer’s ‘Hipster Wellness’ is a standout in Driscoll Babcock’s summer group show of painting by young artists who follow new approaches to traditional still life. Bright colors dominate, particularly a glowing bowl of Cheetos, which balances the orange color squares on an art book about Josef Albers. Painted as if seen in digital space, the picture includes Lederer’s own hand, not wielding a brush but as if poised to take a selfie. (In Chelsea through Aug 12th).
Janet Fish, Plantains in a Box, oil on canvas, 44 x 44 inches, 1969.
