Before being torn down to make way for a new development, 284 Grand Street has been transformed by Korean artists Jong Oh and Jinsu Han into a series of powerfully ephemeral site-specific installations. The least monumental of these is Jinsu Han’s tiny ‘Socket Branch,’ which foretells both the coming winter and the end of a season for this property. (At Marc Straus Gallery’s 284 Pop Up location through Dec 4th).
Lee Ufan continues his decades-long practice of bringing basic natural and man-made materials into new relationships with the viewer with his latest work at Chelsea’s Pace Gallery. Here (foreground), a piece subtitled ‘the cane of titan’ draws mythical Greek giants into the mix, proposing that we’ve stumbled upon an astonishing yet casually placed artifact. (Through June 27th).
Lee Ufan, Relatum – the cane of titan, steel and stone, 2015.
Some books electrify the reader, some illuminate our understanding; few do so as literally as in South Korean artist Airan Kang’s glowing volumes now on show at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea. (Through June 13th).
Airan Kang, installation view of ‘The Luminous Poem,’ May 2015.
