Tag: maquette

Kathy Ruttenberg at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art

Kathy Ruttenberg’s signature human/animal hybrids debuted on New York City streets this winter as large-scale sculptures in the Broadway malls project, a public art project located between 64th and 157th Streets on Broadway.  This macquette for a sculpture on 157th Street, currently on view at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, brings her storytelling back to an intimate scale as a human-bodied stag pursues a quixotic romance with a confined mermaid.  (On view on 57th Street at Francis M. Naumann Fine Art through March 8th).

Kathy Ruttenberg, Fishbowl Maquette, ceramic, acrylic, wood, plaster, 20 x 24 x 26 inches, 2016/18.

James Wines/SITE in ‘The Stand’ at P!

In 1977, James Wines partially buried twenty cars in a strip mall parking lot in Hamden, CT then covered them with asphalt to create an eerie auto graveyard. This maquette for that project, part of a group show at P! gallery on the Lower East Side, conveys a sense of quiet and disbelief upon discovering what looks like remains buried by ash. (Through Feb 26th).

James Wines/SITE, Ghost Parking Lot model, mixed media, 23 ½ x 33 ½ x 7 ¼ inches, 1977.
James Wines/SITE, Ghost Parking Lot model, mixed media, 23 ½ x 33 ½ x 7 ¼ inches, 1977.

‘Calder Shadows’ at Venus over Manhattan

Famed creator of the mobile and stabile, Alexander Calder, used light and shadow to envision scaled up versions of his sculpture.   In an inspired display technique, Upper East Side gallery Venus Over Manhattan does the same, keeping the gallery dark so that maquettes cast dramatic shadows and the pieces take a step beyond Calder.  (Through Dec 21st).  

Alexander Calder, Morning Cobweb (intermediate maquette), sheet metal, bolts and paint, 1967.