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Francesca DiMattio at Salon94 Bowery

How would a rag rug inspire a ceramic sculpture?  Francesca DiMattio’s huge porcelain and stoneware sculptures mimic the shaggy surface of a Moroccan boucherouite rug, a technique aided by her use of a garlic press to extrude clay.  Mixing references to art history and decorative arts, DiMattio’s new work is a riotous assertion of history’s continued presence in today’s art and design.  (On view on the Lower East Side at Salon94 Bowery through April 21st).

Francesca DiMattio, installation view of ‘Boucherouite’ at Salon94 Bowery, March 2018.

Anish Kapoor at Barbara Gladstone Gallery

Anish Kapoor’s monumental sculpture ‘She Wolf’ appears to be tipping over under its own weight, or deliberately leaning to the gallery floor from its marble pedestal. Given the title, giant quasi-oval shapes suggest teats, though a covering of soil over the structure’s rocky forms ties it to the earth, creating a kind of living geology. (At Barbara Gladstone Gallery’s 21st Street location through June 11th).

Anish Kapoor, She Wolf, resin, earth and marble, 107 x 355 x 209 inches, 2016.
Anish Kapoor, She Wolf, resin, earth and marble, 107 x 355 x 209 inches, 2016.