Young Brooklyn artist Charles Harlan runs a chain link fence from David Zwirner Gallery’s ceiling to the floor, creating the suggestion of elegant modern design using industrial materials. (In Chelsea through July 25th).
Charles Harlan, Fence, chain link fence and vinyl slats, dimensions vary upon installation, 2014.
Group exhibitions allow art lovers to pack more into a gallery visit; this summer, few galleries offer more than Salon94 Bowery, which includes work by sixty artists in the beautifully presented ‘More Material,’ organized by London-based fashion designer Duro Olowu. Here, Olowu’s gorgeously patterned capes stand next to Stanley Whitney’s red, blue and green oil painting and Ajay Kurian’s ghee and gold dust abstractions. (On the Lower East Side through August 1st).
Installation view of ‘More Material at Salon94 Bowery, July, 2014.
A FedEx worker seems to have delivered more workers in Josh Klein’s recent sculpture at Untitled Gallery on the Lower East Side. The phrase ‘no sick days’ in the title suggests that actual human workers would be a liability. (Through August 1st).
Josh Klein, (foreground) No Sick Days (Fedex Worker’s Head with Fedex Cap), 3 3D-printed sculptures (two seen here) in plaster with inkjet ink and cyanoacrylate, cast urethane foam packing peanuts, vinyl, cardboard, MDF, 27 x 27 x 35 inches, 2014.
Kay Rosen’s wall installation ‘Monuments’ at Chelsea’s Sikkema Jenkins & Co is a size XXL love scene written entirely in two words, as a reclining nude ‘obelisk’ and upright phallic ‘obelisk’ tangle in a curvy ‘S.’ (through July 18th).
Kay Rosen, Monuments, latex paint on wall, dimensions variable, 2013.
German artist Florian Maier-Aichen blurs the boundaries between painting and photography in his latest series of abstract images, created by pouring paint, transferring images to transparent film, backing them with other paintings and ultimately photographing the final product for presentation as a photograph. (At Chelsea’s 303 Gallery through July 25th).
Florian Maier-Aichen, Untitled, c-print, 81 ½ x 64 ¾ inches, 2014.
