Tag: multi-media

Sterling Ruby at Hauser and Wirth Gallery

LA-based art star Sterling Ruby turns his signature, stalactite-like urethane sculptures into quasi-Greek columns with a backdrop painting recalling American quilting traditions, tie-dying, Color Field painting and the colors of the US flag. Grand themes abound in an ambitious show that treats icons of art and history with a provocative mix of reverence and distain. (At Hauser & Wirth Gallery through July 25th).

Sterling Ruby, (foreground) Pillars, PVC pipe, foam and urethane, (rear) FLAG (4791) bleached and dyed canvas and elastic, 2014.

Kahn & Selesnick at Yancey Richardson Gallery

An imaginary cabaret group spreads the word about the dangers of climate change as advertised by this wall of faux event posters by artist duo Kahn and Selesnick. Known for photographing outlandish scenarios, their imagination runs riot in this jam-packed show. (At Chelsea’s Yancey Richardson Gallery through July 3rd).

Kahn & Selesnick, installation view of ‘Truppe Fledermaus & the Carnival at the end of the World,’ Flashe and tempura paint on canvas and on paper, printed posters.

Dinh Q Le at PPOW Gallery

This 164-foot scroll by Vietnam-based artist Dinh Q Le depicts just one image – the immolation of a Buddhist monk in Saigon in 1963. Stretched out to great length, the scroll seems to add duration to the still photograph while connecting that event to current acts of extreme political protest. (At Chelsea’s PPOW Gallery through May 24th).

Dinh Q Le, The Scroll of Thich Quang Duc, 150 foot c-print scroll and gold lacquer box, 2013.

Urs Fischer at Gagosian Gallery on the Lower East Side

New York gets a chance to see select sculptures made by some of 1,500 participants in Swiss artist Urs Fischer’s retrospective at LA’s Geffen Contemporary last summer. Select pieces have been cast in bronze and are on view at Gagosian Gallery’s atmospheric Lower East Side pop-up in an old Chase bank. (Through May 23rd).

Urs Fischer, mermaid (in middle ground of photo), cast bronze, 40 ½ x 48 x 84 inches, 2014.

Catherine Ahearn in ‘Pizza Time!’ at Marlborough Gallery, LES

Chelsea and 57th Street gallery Marlborough Gallery has now put an anchor down in the Lower East Side, launching a new space at 331 Broome with the lightheartedly delicious ‘Pizza Time,’ a show dedicated to the slice.  It includes this collage by Catherine Ahearn that marries painting and photo as serendipitously as olives and mushrooms.  (Through Oct 6th)  

Catherine Ahearn, Untitled (pizza 3), multi-media, 2011.