Whether they’re teeth or a quadrupled epiglottis, the line of metal balls in each of these three mouth sculptures by Julie Bena suggests ways in which language might follow Newton’s laws. If each of these joyous, dismayed or just loud mouths spoke, would their words have a momentum that wouldn’t diminish? How would the energy of each person’s thoughts change form as it manifested in each individual? (At Chapter NY as part of the multi-gallery group exhibition Condo New York. Chapter is hosting Adams and Ollman).
