Richard Tuttle at Pace Gallery

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Iconic abstract sculptor Richard Tuttle has turned his focus to textiles in his exhibition at Pace Gallery’s 57th Street location, a prelude to his October 2014 commission for the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.  Here, a seemingly casually placed brown fabric at center sets off the texture and color of a branch at bottom while a colorful pattern of material roughly wrapped around a life-ring-like shape draws the eye in.  (Through March 15th).  

Richard Tuttle, Looking for the Map 10, fabric, branch, paint and plastic, 39” x 24” x 10 1/2,” 2013 – 14.

Kour Pour at Untitled Gallery

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As a kid, LA-based British artist Kour Pour grew up watching his dad repair and work with carpets in his rug shop.  He continues the tradition, after a fashion, by silkscreening carpets from auction catalogues onto canvas, then painting and sanding the images into something entirely new.  (At Untitled Gallery through Feb 23rd).  

Kour Pour, detail from ‘Kour Pour’ at Untitled Gallery Jan 2014, acrylic on canvas over panel, 96 x 72 inches.

David LaChapelle at Paul Kasmin Gallery

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Energy drinks, green tea tins and more consumer packaging form the basis of semi-retired fashion photography icon David LaChapelle’s latest series, ‘Refineries.’  Working with professional model builders, LaChapelle makes our consumption of fossil fuels – and the materials create from them – personal.  (At Chelsea’s Paul Kasmin Gallery through March 1st.)  

David LaChapelle, Land Scape Riverside, chromogenic print, 71 x 93 inches, 2013.

David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery

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Montreal-born, Long Island City based sculptor David Altmejd once again excites the senses by filling Chelsea’s Andrea Rosen Gallery with one of his trademark vitrine-like sculptures.  Throughout the sculpture, hands appear to manipulate various materials, suggesting the act of creation, while fake fruits and armies of ants bring to mind decay.  (Through March 8th).  

David Altmejd, The Flux and the Puddle, installation view at Andrea Rosen Gallery, Feb 2014, mixed media, 2014.

Mark Fox at Robert Miller Gallery

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Roughly translated to ‘among other things,’ Mark Fox’s ‘Inter Alia’ assembles snippets of pop culture image and text in a sculpture that appears remarkably to hover next to the gallery wall.  (At Robert Miller Gallery through Feb 22nd).  

Mark Fox, Inter Alia, ink, marker, watercolor, pencil on paper with archival tape, 21 ½ x 16 ½ inches, 2013.