Tag: Jack Shainman

Radcliffe Bailey at Jack Shainman Gallery

Constructed from reclaimed wooden beams from a shipyard in Istanbul, Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey’s ‘Nommo’ suggests both boat and stage.  Now on view in Bailey’s solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery, the piece was originally commissioned for the 2019 Istanbul Biennial and situated on the site of an earlier performance by Sun Ra, a musician whose real and imagined travels inspired Bailey.  For the artist, the repeated character represented in series of plaster busts represents the ‘spirituality of people and their practices.’  (On view through Dec 18th. Masks required.)

Radcliffe Bailey, Nommo, mixed media and sound installation including a radio, found wood, steel metal structure and 8 plaster busts, approx. 10H’ x 21L’ x 13D,’ 2019.

 

 

Tyler Mitchell at Jack Shainman Gallery

Towering over visitors to Jack Shainman Gallery, four young women in clothes from JW Anderson’s autumn/winter 2019 campaign, shot by Tyler Mitchell, look otherworldly as they almost hover above the ground in commanding fashion statements.  Referred to by the gallery as an ‘Edenic exploration of…a Black utopia in the everyday,’ Mitchell’s work complicates his subjects as he literally elevates them.  “I’m caught between wanting to let the mind imagine what that idea meant and spelling it out,” the photographer told i-D.  “I think I’ll do the former.”

Tyler Mitchell, 2021 installation view at Jack Shainman Gallery of ‘Untitled (Stilts II),’ 2,134 ¾ x 166 7/8 inches, wall vinyl, 2019.

Diedrick Brackens at Jack Shainman Gallery

Queer community in natural settings inspired Diedrick Brackens latest show of vibrant weavings at Jack Shainman Gallery’s 20th Street location.  Here, two figures connect to each other via the closeness of their echoing silhouettes as they create organic shapes in harmony with the landscape around them.  (On view through August 20th).

Diedrick Brackens, Summer Syllables, woven cotton and acrylic yarn, 86 x 80 inches, 2021.

Nick Cave in ‘Anti/Body’ at Jack Shainman Gallery

Nick Cave’s original Soundsuit, a costume made from hundreds of small twigs that rustled when the suit was worn, was a protective gesture prompted by Rodney King’s violent treatment at the hands of LA police in 1991.  His latest series of suits, now on view in Jack Shainman Gallery’s group exhibition ‘Anti/Body,’ are collectively titled 8:46, referring to the amount of time (recently understood to be longer) that Derek Chauvin took to kill George Floyd.  Larger than life and composed of bright floral and patterned textiles as well as synthetic flowers, each suit celebrates and mourns a lost life.  (On view in Chelsea through July 2nd.  Masks and social distancing required).

Nick Cave, installation view of Soundsuits titled 8:46 in Anti/Body at Jack Shainman Gallery, June, 2021.

Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery

Leslie Wayne’s paintings give pleasure through deception; her signature technique is to use paint as a sculptural medium, fooling the eye with dried paint crafted in three dimensions.  Wayne’s latest solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery presents paintings that appear to be objects in her studio or windows that do or do not offer a view.  On closer inspection, each is carefully crafted to resemble a well-used tool, now worse for wear.  Constructed over the past year, each artwork speaks to brokenness close to home.  (On view in Chelsea through July 2nd.)

Leslie Wayne, Broken, Busted, Fractured, Fragmented, Shattered, Smashed, Kaput, oil, enamel, and acrylic on wood, aluminum and cotton cloth, 44 x 48 x 9 inches, 2020.