{"id":10843,"date":"2024-09-20T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=10843"},"modified":"2025-02-12T22:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T03:31:39","slug":"steve-wolfe-at-luhring-augustine-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/20\/steve-wolfe-at-luhring-augustine-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Wolfe, Anna Karenina at Luhring Augustine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late San Francisco artist Steve Wolfe\u2019s trompe l\u2019oeil versions of books, boxes of books, book covers, sketchbooks and records at Luhring Augustine<\/a>\u2019s Tribeca space continue to testify to the personal significance of iconic works of art, literature, music and more.\u00a0 Here, Wolfe\u2019s recreation of a Penguin Classics edition of Tolstoy\u2019s \u2018Anna Karina\u2019 – made with oil paint, enamel, ink transfer, modeling paste, canvas and wood – looks used but intact.\u00a0 Other \u2018books\u2019 have ripped or dingy covers, indications of having been well-used, while dated cover art offers its own history of design.\u00a0 Wolfe\u2019s New York Times obituary from 2016 included the newspaper\u2019s critic Holland Cotter\u2019s note that \u201c\u2026the histories trapped in the work are what warm up the optical tours de force.\u201d Eight years after Wolfe\u2019s passing, his work continues to fascinate not just for the pleasure of his sculptural skill but for the personal connections and memories the volumes evoke.\u00a0 (On view in Tribeca through Oct 19th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

Steve Wolfe, Untitled (Anna Karenina), oil, enamel, ink transfer, modeling paste, canvas and wood, 7 \u00bd x 5 x 2 \u00bc inches, 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Steve Wolfe, Untitled (Anna Karenina), oil, enamel, ink transfer, modeling paste, canvas and wood, 7 \u00bd x 5 x 2 \u00bc inches, 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Late San Francisco artist Steve Wolfe\u2019s trompe l\u2019oeil versions of books, boxes of books, book covers, sketchbooks and records at Luhring Augustine\u2019s Tribeca space continue to testify to the personal significance of iconic works of art, literature, music and more.\u00a0 Here, Wolfe\u2019s recreation of a Penguin Classics edition of Tolstoy\u2019s \u2018Anna Karina\u2019 – made with … <\/p>\n

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