Shot in an architectural water feature in a Fort Worth park and displayed in Monya Rowe Gallery’s cramped, dusty basement, NJ-based artist Joe Pflieger’s abstract photo finds a perfectly atmospheric setting to evoke an aged, neglected monument. (On the Lower East Side through May 18th).
Joe Pflieger, Luxor, photo tex mounted on aluminum, 48 x 32 inches, 2014.
Drawing on funeral books featuring deceased forebears demonstrating their social status through their dress, Thai artist Jakkai Siributr deocrates civil service and military uniforms with a super abundance of awards that also point to animism and Buddhism as cultural touchstones. (At Chelsea’s Tyler Rollins Fine Art through May 31st).
Jakkai Siributr, C-10, military uniform, embellished with objects, 22 x 17 x 8 inches, 2014.
Belgian photographer Maroesjka Lavigne’s New York solo debut features landscapes half obscured by snow and Icelandic locals who look as if they’re hiding something; here, disturbed water turns a swimmer’s face into a blank mask. (At Robert Mann Gallery in Chelsea through May 17th).
Maroesjka Lavigne, Phantom, Krossneslaug, Westfjords, 2011.
During a residency at LA’s Getty Research Institute, photographer David Maisel photographed x-rays made by the conservation department, turning documents of artworks into the artworks themselves and morphing scientific enquiry into ghostly images that suggest mysterious objects. (At Yancey Richardson Gallery through May 10th).
David Maisel, History’s Shadow AB17, archival pigment print, 40 x 30 inches, 2010.
In his latest series ‘Postcards from Nowhere,’ Brazilian artist Vik Muniz magnifies the thrill of getting a postcard (an experience which the Internet age may be consigning to the past) by collaging together postcards blown up to huge scale (seen here in detail). (At Chelsea’s Sikkema Jenkins & Co through May 10th).
Vik Muniz, detail from New York Postcard (Postcards from Nowhere), digital c-print, 71 x 111.5 inches, 2014.
