Tag: Luhring Augustine

Roger Hiorns at Luhring Augustine

Known for sculptures that initiate processes that yield attractive results (like an engine block transformed by gorgeous copper sulphate crystals), British artist Roger Hiorns goes for a gritty sci-fi feel in the back gallery at Chelsea’s Luhring Augustine. Compressors pump air through grimy car parts creating billows of soap suds that make these quasi-organic figures appear sentient, if barely. (Through Oct 18th).

Roger Hiorns, installation view at Luhring Augustine Gallery, Chelsea, Sept 2014. All works: Untitled, plastic, compressor, and foam, 2014.

Tom Friedman at Luhring Augustine

Tom Friedman, master of the surprisingly crafted object (e.g. an accident victim made from paper, a huge star made from tiny toothpicks) doesn’t disappoint in his latest solo show at Luhring Augustine’s Bushwick space. A standout is ‘Moot,’ a guitar, microphone with stand and stool created entirely from Styrofoam and paint. (Through August 22nd).

Tom Friedman, Moot, paint and Styrofoam, 2014.

Jeff Elrod at Luhring Augustine Gallery

New York artist Jeff Elrod devises his images on a computer, then renders them by hand on canvas, bridging the gap between artist and machine in the digital age. (At Chelsea’s numberswiki.com

Augustine Gallery” target=”_blank”>Luhring Augustine Gallery through April 12th.)

Jeff Elrod, Untitled, UV ink on Fisher canvas, 118 ¼ x 84 inches, 2014.

Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Augustine

Austerely minimal and elegantly, Rachel Whiteread’s Untitled (Pair) from 1999 is based on the shape of a mortuary slab.  One part is curved to allow bodily fluids to drain.  The other is an upside down cast of the first part.  Standing quietly side by side, they suggest partnership through eternity. (At Luhring Augustine through 6/16).  

Rachel Whiteread, Untitled (Pair), bronze and cellulose paint, 1999.

Ragnar Kjartansson at Luhring Augustine Gallery

Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s 9-screen installation at Chelsea’s Luhring Augustine has been a hands-down ‘Chelsea Gallery Tour’ favorite lately.  Kjartansson and a band of musician friends occupy different rooms in a 200 year old Hudson River mansion as they perform a 53 minute song, which fades away but sticks in the memory as the group exits the house and trails away over green hills. (Through March 16th).  

Ragnar Kjartansson, ‘The Visitors,’ installation view, Nine channel HD video projection, 2012.