Elias Sime at James Cohan Gallery

A swirling, starry sky crafted from braided electrical wire hovers over a curving organic landscape made from keyboard keys in this detail from Ethiopian artist Elias Sime’s collaged wall panel at James Cohan Gallery. Abstract yet suggestive of a landscape, this piece is testament to the resourcefulness of turning manmade objects – discarded electronics – into objects recalling natural beauty. (On view at James Cohan Gallery’s Chelsea location through June 17th).

Elias Sime, (detail) Tightrope: Evolution 2, reclaimed electrical wires on panel, 91 x 94 inches, 2017.