Brooklyn artist Beth Krebs’ provocatively surreal object – a suggestion of two half-exposed bodies conjoined erotically or otherwise and traversed by a mini-pathway or guideline for cutting – is part of a new body of work worth seeing at the Lower East Side’s Station Independent Projects (through April 6th).
Beth Krebs, Rift and Slip, fired clay, pastel and tape, 12 x 9 x 10 inches.
Chelsea newcomer Klein Sun Gallery is giving visitors who loved the debut of Chinese sculptor Li Hongbo’s paper sculptures a treat. Extended to March 22nd, the exhibition has been rehung with new, larger sculptures including these two female figures constructed of paper carefully glued together sheet by sheet then carved with hand tools by the artist.
Li Hongbo, installation view at Klein Sun Gallery, Chelsea, March 2014.
Rudolf Stingel paints the sublime in his latest body of work, but from a distance. Working from vintage, found photos of his birthplace – Merano, Italy – the artist faithfully copies distortions from the camera, marks of age from the prints and then leaves the canvases on the floor of his studio, building in physical and conceptual distance between his New York audience and the Alps. (At Gagosian Gallery’s 21st Street location through April 19th).
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, oil on canvas, 132 x 180 ¾ inches, 2010.
The contrast between the two x’s in New York artist David Shaw’s ‘Gem’ – pristine vs weathered, dull vs glittering, -makes the eye bounce back and forth between these two seemingly casually placed sculptures, creating a lively show in Feature’s entryway gallery. (On the Lower East Side through March 23rd).
David Shaw, Gem, wood, aluminum, holographic laminate, rope; two parts, 135 x 60 x 3 inches each, 2013.
In one of Chelsea’s more cheerful shows of the moment, New York-based artist Dan McCarthy presents paintings of happy musicians accompanied by birds and ‘Facepots,’ one of which smiles through its tears. (At Anton Kern Gallery through March 22nd).
Dan McCarthy, installation view at Anton Kern Gallery, February 2014.
