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Ishmael Randall Weeks at Van Doren Waxter

Sandblasted posters anchored by wood dowels by Ishmael Randall Weeks speak to the eroding effects of time, yet the entropy he evokes speaks more of uncovering the forgotten past than obliterating it. (At Van Doren Waxter through Oct 28th).

Ishmael Randall Weeks, Striation 1, sandblasted posters, wood dowels, 19 x 27.5 x 3 inches, 2017.

Ishmael Randall Weeks at Eleven Rivington

Ishmael Randall Weeks, I-Beam, cut and carved books, wood shelf, metal, 2012.
Ishmael Randall Weeks, I-Beam, cut and carved books, wood shelf, metal, 2012.

Ishmael Randall Weeks’ mountain range – suspended in the middle of Eleven Rivington’s Chrystie Street space – is composed of carved texts about revolution in Latin America, turning writing about imagined utopias into a depiction of a real place.  (On the Lower East Side through Feb 10th).