Tag: sculpture

Jeff Koons’ ‘Balloon Flower,’ at 7 WTC, Manhattan

As New York galleries take a break in the final weeks of summer, New York Art Tours heads to the city’s parks and public places to enjoy our lively public art scene.  Here’s a sculpture that several of you mentioned when we toured Jeff Koons’ show of giant balloon dog sculptures this spring.  Koons’ ‘Balloon Flower’ outside of 7 WTC in downtown Manhattan is a hit with kids on this sunny summer day.  

Jeff Koons, Balloon Flower, mirror polish stainless steel with transparent color, installation view in park of 7 WTC, July 2013.

Jennifer Cohen in ‘Desire’ at Yancey Richardson Gallery

Jennifer Cohen’s ‘White Line’ is as poised as a ballerina en pointe, but its meaning is given an extra charge by being included in Yancey Richardson Gallery’s  summer group show titled, ‘Desire,’ which showcases work by female artists adopting a female gaze. (In Chelsea through August 23rd).  

Jennifer Cohen, White Line, bronze, copper tubing, plaster and paper pulp, 2013.

Anne Chu at Lehmann Maupin Gallery

Anne Chu lifts her chubby cherub straight out of 18th century Rococo painting, then gives it a makeover.  Decorative splashes of paint and a flag bearing an indistinct face question this putti’s celestial purpose.  (At Chelsea’s Lehmann Maupin Gallery through Aug 16th).  

Anne Chu, Putti with Flag, ceramic, stone, fabric, metal, 2001.

Charlotte Posenenske in ‘Conspicuous Unusable’ at Miguel Abreu Gallery

Charlotte Posenenske permanently gave up art making for sociology in 1968, just a year after creating the plans for this modular sheet metal sculpture that could be configured in a variety of ways.  Here, the piece resembles a ventilation shaft that questions the necessity of use value in art while fetishising industrial design.  (At Miguel Abreu Gallery on the Lower East Side through Aug 17th).  

Charlotte Posenenske, Series D Vierkantrohre (Square Tubes), sheet steel, dimensions and configuration variable, 1967/2009.

Aric Obrosey in ‘Reticulate’ at McKenzie Fine Art

If it isn’t obvious that New York artist Aric Obrosey’s paper artwork ‘Hand Production Lines’ involves a lot of work, hand cut motifs repeated to form lace-like chains come together to depict a giant work glove.  Created for the Museum of Art and Design’s ’09-’10 exhibition featuring cut paper artworks, the piece involves a mind boggling amount of detail and took nine months to complete.  (At McKenzie Fine Art on the Lower East Side through Aug 17th).  

Aric Obrosey, Hand Production Lines, cut paper, 41 ½ x 59 ½ inches, 2009.  Photo courtesy of McKenzie Fine Art.