Tag: wall sculpture

Sui Park at Sapar Contemporary

Water worn rocks, amoebas, cells, sea creatures and more come to mind in Sui Park’s exhibition of colorful abstract sculpture at Sapar Contemporary in Tribeca.  Crafting her work from looped cable ties and monofilaments, Park turns mass-produced plastic materials into artworks that, ironically, foster appreciation of the natural world. This installation’s handsome black background color is somewhat misleading; titled ‘Sprinkles,’ Park has explained that she was inspired by dessert sprinkles.  (On view through Nov 27th.)

Sui Park, Sprinkles, cable ties, hand-dyed cable ties, variable size, 2023.

Frances Goodman in ‘Delicate Industry’ at Richard Taittinger Gallery

‘Seething’ is the perfect word to describe the undulating mass of red and purple folds that writhe and twist in South African artist Frances Goodman’s ‘Seething Mass,’ a standout in Richard Taittinger Gallery’s current group show.  Composed of acrylic nails in colors that range from blood red to vivid magentas and purples, this abstract wall sculpture hangs near shields that resemble sharpened, painted fingernails.  In both cases, Goodman gives adornment dangerous potential.  (On view on the Lower East Side through June 30th).

Frances Goodman, detail of ‘Seething Red,’ acrylic nails, resin, foam, silicone glue, 51 ¼ x 102 3/8 x 9 inches, 2017.

Cesar at Luxembourg and Dayan

Cesar’s process art fills Upper East Side gallery Luxembourg & Dayan in a mini-retrospective ongoing until the end of this month.  Here, ‘Compressions’ of heavy-duty fabrics that bring that bring to mind commerce (jute sacks) and work clothes (corduroy) contrast a shiny plastic ‘Expansion’ which seems to exist for visual pleasure.  (Through Jan 31st).  

Cesar.  On walls:  three Mural Compressions (Jute Sack, Wool Blanket & Corduroy – all 1976.)  On floor:  Expansion N35/15, polyester reinforced with fiberglass, mauve lacquer, 1972.

Anna Booth and Nancy Cohen at Accola Griefen Gallery

Out of a collaborative residency at Corning Museum of Glass and a joint interest in Buddhist Thangkas, glass artists Anna Booth & Nancy Cohen created ‘Between Seeing and Knowing,’ a wall installation made of glass that evokes the forms of composition of a painting. (At Chelsea’s Accola Griefen Gallery through Oct 12th).  

Anna Boothe & Nancy Cohen, Between Seeing and Knowing, installation view, Sept 2013, Accola Griefen Gallery.