Sol LeWitt & Carl Andre at Paula Cooper Gallery

Inspired by the Taoist notion that 10,000 is a number emblematic of infinity, late Minimalist Sol LeWitt created the plan for a wall drawing featuring 10,000 straight lines on each red, yellow or blue wall. In the foreground, Carl Andre’s 1979 Dracut is a more elemental but also forceful pattern created with short ‘lines’ of western red cedar. (At Paula Cooper Gallery’s 521 West 21st Street space through March 7th).

Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #992: Left Panel: 10,000 straight red lines; center panel: 10,000 straight yellow lines; right panel: 10,000 straight blue lines. The lines are of any length or direction. Red, yellow, blue markers. Dimensions variable. Foreground: Carl Andre, Dracut, 11 Western red cedar timbers, each 36 x 12 x 12 in, 1979.

Mark di Suvero at Paula Cooper Gallery

Mark di Suvero’s huge new steel sculpture ‘Little Dancer’ at Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallery belies its title at 19 x 36 x 15 feet.  Still, in comparison to the larger structure, spiraling forms hanging from the larger, angular structure are as graceful as tons of steel can get.   (Through June 29th).

Mark di Suvero, Little Dancer, steel, 2010-12.

Meg Webster at Paula Cooper Gallery

Meg Webster, Polished Stainless Steel for Reflecting Outstretched Arms, mirror-polished stainless steel, 2012.
Meg Webster, Polished Stainless Steel for Reflecting Outstretched Arms, mirror-polished stainless steel, 2012.

Meg Webster’s aesthetic is minimal but rife with references to the natural world.  Her current show at Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallery includes paper covered with egg of free-range chickens and a sand bed from 1982/2012, which she originally brought into her studio from the beach.  Both are reflected in this cross-shaped sculpture designed to reflect outstretched arms. (Through Feb 9th).