Scott King in ‘I Beam U Channel’ at Bortolami Gallery

The changing built environment is the subject of Bortolami Gallery’s summer group exhibition, which opens with Scott King’s hard-to-miss ‘Temporary Eyesore.’ The printed banner brings to mind ‘pardon our appearance’ signs on renovation sites, albeit at a gargantuan scale, while the text seems to promise that a space deemed unpleasing to the eye will soon be taken care of. (In Chelsea through Aug 12th)

Scott King, Temporary Eyesore, 71 x 216 inches, 2008-2016.
Scott King, Temporary Eyesore, 71 x 216 inches, 2008-2016.