Josephine Meckseper at Andrea Rosen Gallery

In her large-scale vitrines, German artist Josephine Meckseper brings together a replica of Brancusi’s endless column, underwear modeling mannequins and more to question how appropriating historical and contemporary artifacts can create new meaning.  (At Andrea Rosen Gallery in Chelsea through Jan 18th.  Check website for holiday season opening hours.)  

Josephine Meckseper, Title TBD, pigment prints on anodize aluminum, acrylic on wood, concrete, aluminum, bronze and stainless steel in stainless steel and glass vitrine, 2013.

Lee Friedlander at Pace/MacGill

Lee Friedlander, New York City, gelatin silver print, 2010.
Lee Friedlander, New York City, gelatin silver print, 2010.

Photographer Lee Friedlander returns to his roots by shooting reflective store windows with a 35mm camera in his latest series, titled ‘Mannequin.’  Here, a building’s façade tries to impose its grid on a Dolly-Parton-haired good-time girl while a curtain and rod at the top complicates ideas of public and private space.  (At Pace/MacGill Gallery, 57th Street through Dec 22nd).