A giant hare, titled after the constellation Lepus, sits tethered to a mobile suspending what appear as fragments of patterned cloth colored shades of night-blue in a new work by Anne Chu at Tracy Williams, Ltd in Chelsea. Skinned and with fur, alert yet stationary, the hare seems as momentarily suspended between states as the mobile. (Through April 19th).
Anne Chu, Lepus, leather, metal, ceramic, 2014.
Inspired by early Christian and Mesopotamian building practices that imbued built structures with spiritual meaning, young Brooklyn-based artist Jeff Landman transformed timbers from a Pennsylvania barn into furniture-like platforms for transcendent experience for his first solo show at Tracy Williams, Ltd. (In Chelsea through Feb 22nd).
Jeff Landman, installation view of ‘Working on a Building,’ with ‘Bed,’ white oak, linen, 2013 in the foreground. Tracy Williams, Ltd., Feb 2014.
Australia-based artist Simryn Gill found a nine-volume set of books by Mahatma Gandhi in a library sale and transformed them into spheres. But like a book, the sculptures are intended to be held, prompting their audience to consider their subject in a new way. (At Tracy Williams, Ltd. through Aug 9th).
Simryn Gill, 9 Volumes from The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, paper, glue, 2008.
Known for digitally distorted, 3-D self-portraits, New York based artist Richard Dupont takes his artwork a step closer to painting by mounting this cast of an enlarged head and creating a ghostly portrait with disarming presence. (At Tracy Williams, Ltd. through June 28th.)
Richard Dupont, Untitled, cast pigmented resin and marble dust, 2013.
Xavier Gravas is adrift in the contemporary, communication-saturated world. Consternation bows the perfect swoosh of his arching eyebrows. His full lips are set grimly together. He is an invented character that his creator, Aukland-based artist Peter Stichbury, calls a ‘Superfluous Man.’ Haunted by a sense of insignificance, Xavier peruses personal perfection to exquisite and troubling effect. (At Chelsea’s Tracy Williams, Ltd., through Dec 22nd).
