Tag: poetry

Stefana McClure in ‘Hand in Hand’ at Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner

Irish artist Stefana McClure’s ‘Protest Stones’ are a clever twist to the theme of ‘Hand in Hand,’ a group exhibition at gallerist Josee Beinvenu’s and curator, advisor and publisher Michael Steinberg’s new Tribeca gallery, Bienvenu Steinberg & Partner.  Featuring artwork that relates in some way to the human hand, the show brings together work by over 30 artists in a variety of media.  Alluding the violence in Northern Ireland during her upbringing, McClure’s stones are for throwing.  Covered in battered text from American poet Adrienne Rich’s text ‘What Kind of Times Are These,’ the words question how we treat each other and who is paying attention.  (On view through Oct 30th).

Stefana McClure, Protest Stones: What Kind of Times Are These: a poem by Adrienne Rich, poetry-wrapped stones, waxed twine, cut nail, 18h x 8w x 4d inches, 2021.

Spencer Finch at James Cohan Gallery

This summer, Spencer Finch reread Emily Dickinson’s nearly 1,800 poems, inspiring new work that continues his fascination with the way that the poet deftly put into words her keen observations of the world around her.  Amid photos of Dickinson’s view from her desk and a collage of 19th century wallpaper patterns (including the one on her walls), Finch painted a leaf from life and repeated the rendering, folding his paper to replicate its trajectory as if falling to the ground. (On view at James Cohan Gallery on the Lower East Side through Dec 21st).

Spencer Finch, Falling Leaf (hickory), watercolor on paper, 32 x 16 inches, 2018.

Jessica Rankin at Salon94 Freemans

Using maps of the night sky as background, New York artist Jessica Rankin adds phrases and words from her own thoughts and found texts in a fragmented, poetic mediation on cosmic forces and personal experience. (At Salon94 Freemans through Dec 21st).

Jessica Rankin, The Ancient Seat of Indescribable You, graphite, ink and collage on paper, 42 x 42 inches, 2014.