Opening on Oct 31st and closing a month later, this one-painting show by Rudolf Stingel at Chelsea’s Paula Cooper Gallery appears to be a month long celebration of spooky DIY Halloween decorations or a visitation from a frightening specter, perhaps warning against the excesses of giant paintings in huge gallery spaces. (Through Nov 29th)
Rudolf Stingel, Untitled, oil on canvas, 176 x 120 inches, 2014.
Using the same skywiper virus that damaged Iran’s nuclear centrifuges, New York artist James Hoff creates gorgeous abstract images that hover between abstraction and representation, hinting at below-the-surface activities. (At Callicoon Fine Arts on the Lower East Side.)
James Hoff, Skywiper No. 3, chromaluxe transfer on aluminum, 20 x 16 inches, 2014.
In a 1979 collaboration with Pierre Cardin, Lebanese artist Huguette Caland created these and other caftans that continue her focus on the female form. In the foreground, ‘Tete-a-tete,’ represents the melding of two bodies as one. (At Chelsea’s Lombard Freid Gallery through Dec 20th).
Huguette Caland, Tete-a-tete, thread on fabric, 73 x 19 x 12 inches, 1971.
Brooklyn Museum’s eye-popping ‘Killer Heels’ exhibition isn’t just for ladies who teeter. As well as design feats (pun intended) and works of art, the show includes architect Zaha Hadid’s NOVA shoe, created from vacuum-casted fiberglass with chrome plated external uppers. Vaguely resembling the sloping exterior of her first New York building currently under construction on the High Line in Chelsea, the shoe might be seen as a mini architectural rendering. (Through Feb 15th).
Zaha Hadid X United Nude, chromed vinyl rubber, kid napa leather, fiberglass, 2013 (left). Tea Petrovic, Wings/Variation, polyamide, faux leather, rubber, 2013 (right).
Reconstructed images from the Internet form the basis for Brooklyn artist Daniel Gordon’s riotous digital still life collages at Chelsea’s Wallspace Gallery. Vivid color and abundant patterns rival Matisse’s most energetic interiors in this delightfully wacky artistic accumulation of imagery. (Through Dec 20th).
Daniel Gordon, Root Vegetables and Avocado Plant, chromogenic print, 60 x 50 inches, 2014.
