1960s Minimalism, though influential, isn’t best remembered for its humor. LA-based sculptor Lisa Williamson injects lightheartedness into her stream-lined shapes, suggesting giant wall-mounted hairpins or attractively colored surgical tools. (At Laurel Gitlen Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 15th).
Lisa Williamson, ‘Bump, Bob’ (on the right) and ‘Bump, Hairpin’ (on the left), both acrylic on powder-coated steel, 80 x 14 x 4 inches.
Using multiple silicone molds of flounders and a man, Lucy Kim pieces together a vibrantly colored, wonderfully mixed up image of a guy who appears to be ‘sleeping with the fishes,’ but is still posing semi-seductively with his rubbery, flattened thumb tucked into the waistband of his underpants. (At Lisa Cooley Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 15th).
Lucy Kim, He Left with the Flounders, oil paint, various plastics, spray paint on dibond panel, 64 x 48 inches, 2014.
Though New York artist Red Grooms created this gallery-filling installation replicating an alley near his downtown studio over twenty years ago – to bring some ‘quintessential New York funk’ to Marlborough Gallery’s London location – its shady hustle and bustle and maniacal truck driver still look contemporary. (At Marlborough Gallery’s Lower East Side location through March 23rd.)
Red Grooms, ‘The Alley,’ wood, foam, and mixed media, dimensions variable, 1984-5.
Many artists aim to get a reaction from their audience; New York artist Dove Bradshaw elicits one from her materials, applying chemicals to silver or water to salt, for example. In 1996, she began work on the piece pictured here, ‘Waterstone,’ by training a constant slow drip of water on limestone; it continues to the present day. (At Chelsea’s Corey Danese Gallery through March 15th).
Dove Bradshaw, Waterstone, limestone, separatory funnel, water, 12 x 12 x 12 inches, 1996 to present.
Between a five-foot wide wax mushroom (rear) and a scrappy dream-catcher, strings of yarn suspend dried mushrooms, hinting at psychedelic interpretations for Michele Segre’s intriguingly odd assemblages. (At Derek Eller Gallery in Chelsea through March 15th).
Michele Segre, Self-Reflexive Narcissistic Supernova, metal, yarn, thread, wire, plastic bags, plastic lace, papier-mache, photos, screws, acrylic, modeling clay, wood, beeswax, dried mushrooms, 2013.