Constructed from reclaimed wooden beams from a shipyard in Istanbul, Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey’s ‘Nommo’ suggests both boat and stage. Now on view in Bailey’s solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery, the piece was originally commissioned for the 2019 Istanbul Biennial and situated on the site of an earlier performance by Sun Ra, a musician whose real and imagined travels inspired Bailey. For the artist, the repeated character represented in series of plaster busts represents the ‘spirituality of people and their practices.’ (On view through Dec 18th. Masks required.)
