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Sarah Sze at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Ever aware of the evolving role of images as stand-ins for real objects in the digital era, Sarah Sze creates a wave in the form of photos, video and rotating projections at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery.  Titled ‘Crescent (Timekeeper),’ the installation displays fragmentary glimpses of the natural world on a rickety but orderly wooden frame.  Visitors who step close to explore a coyote crossing a road, a raging flame or a bird in flight experience a dynamic and evolving sculpture that offers an immersive experience in real time.  (On view in Chelsea through Oct 19th).

Sarah Sze, Crescent (Timekeeper), mixed media, wood, stainless steel, acrylic, video projectors, archival pigment prints, ceramic and tape, dimensions variable, 2019.

Sarah Sze at Tanya Bonkadar Gallery

Sarah Sze’s installations have been characterized as organized chaos; her latest solo show aims to bring the mess and spontaneous decision-making of an artist’s studio into the gallery, yet the feeling of control is palpable. Torn paper, carefully spilled paint, and hanging sheets of plastic suggest a carefully arranged work in progress. (At Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea through Oct 17th).

Sarah Sze, installation view at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Sept 2015.

Sarah Sze in ‘The Bigger Picture: Work from the 1990s’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Last summer, Sarah Sze transformed the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennial inside and out with a super abundance of very precisely arranged objects. In Chelsea, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery celebrates 20 years with a group exhibition that includes a piece by Sze from 1997, originally situated by a Greek harbor. Pills, nuts, soy sauce packets and other ephemera of everyday life look like a strangely contemporary votive offering. (Through August 1st).

Sarah Sze, Untitled (Thessaloniki), mixed media, 1997.