Palm tree paintings made in LA artist Yutaka Sone’s garden and rattan palm trees created by craftspeople in Mexico point to the artist’s exploration of Aztec history in Michoacan, Mexico, the subject of Sone’s upcoming film. (At David Zwirner Gallery through Feb 20th).
Yutaka Sone, Sky and Palm Tree Head #5, (on the wall), acrylic on canvas, 85 x 102 ½ inches, 2013. In foreground, two ‘Tropical Compositions’ in rattan, metal and paint, 2011 and 2012.
Paintings of jungles, tropical fruit, and monkeys and sculptures of snakes and strange flora make ‘Tiger, Tiger’ at Salon94 Bowery one of the lushest shows open in New York this summer. Yutaka Sone’s folk-art inflected rattan and steel palm in the foreground sets the laid-back tone. (On the Lower East Side through August 21st).
Installation view of Tiger, Tiger at Salon94 Bowery, July 2015. (foreground: Yutaka Sone, Tropical Composition/Traveler’s Palm #1, rattan and steel, 143 x 165 x 24 inches, 2011.
