Frieda Toranzo Jaeger in ‘Distribuidx’ at Lisson Gallery

Inspired by Helio Oiticica’s practice, Lisson Gallery’s lively summer group show ‘Distribuidx’ includes art that sees bodies and spaces as changeable; further, the show’s theme posits that people can be represented by the things around us.  For Mexico-City based artist Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, cars represent the experience of navigating being queer and in this sculptural painting, the contradictions of our relationship to consumption and the planet.  In ‘Hope the Air Conditioning is On While Facing Global Warming (part I),’ a BMW i8 opens its wing-doors to reflect both the flowers blossoming on nearby trees and an inferno of burning buildings beyond the open doors. (On view through Aug 11th).

Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Hope the Air Conditioning is On While Facing Global Warming (part I), oil on canvas, overall: 88 x 176 inches, 2017.

Josh Kline at 47 Canal

What happens to humanity if global warming leads to drastic sea level rise?  Josh Kline envisions the end of life as we know it in a provocative sculpture series featuring submerged cities and preserved specimens of everyday 21st century life at 47 Canal on the Lower East Side.  Inside lab hoods, preserved doll-house sized domestic and office environments suggest that what’s normal now may soon be a thing of the past.  (On view through June 9th).

Josh Kline, detail view of Inundation, lab hood, glass, urethane paint, light box, reinforced steel, color filter gel, blackout fabric, contents: glass, silicone, dollhouse miniatures, fabricated miniatures, objects cast in epoxy resin, cyanoacrylate glue, silicone epoxy, 89 ¾ x 48 x 33 inches, 2019.