Hai-Hsin Huang in ‘Ref-er-enced’ at Danese Corey Gallery

Phones, cameras and iPads outnumber art objects in Hai-Hsin Huang’s mash-up of Metropolitan Museum of Art treasures, ogled by visitors jockeying for snapshots and selfies. In this detail, a massive, 2,300 year old marble column from the Temple of Artemis at Sardis fails to attract much attention, begging the question of a museum’s purpose in today’s photo obsessed culture. (At Danese Corey Gallery in Chelsea through Feb 4th).

Hai-Hsin Huang, (detail) The MET #1, pencil on paper, 53 x 117 inches, 2014.
Hai-Hsin Huang, (detail) The MET #1, pencil on paper, 53 x 117 inches, 2014.