Dana Schutz’s ‘Fight in an Elevator,’ the title piece for her show at Chelsea’s Petzel Gallery, recalls NFL player Ray Rice’s scandalous attack on his fiancée in a hotel elevator but levels the playing field as an abstracted man and woman give as good as they get in a futurist-inspired rumble. (Through October 24th).
Dana Schutz, Fight in an Elevator, oil on canvas, 96 x 90 inches, 2015.
Caught up in painting dynamic geometric shapes one day in his studio, Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca went beyond the canvas and painted his studio walls. With that experience as inspiration, he created a walk-in room that surrounds the viewer on all four sides with a cubist cascade of shapes. (At Sperone Westwater on the Lower East Side through June 21st).
Guillermo Kuitca, Untitled, oil on wood; four-panel installation, 102 3/8 x 176 x 124 inches, 2014.
