{"id":12815,"date":"2025-12-15T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=12815"},"modified":"2025-12-10T07:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:06:12","slug":"judy-pfaff-light-years-at-cristin-tierney-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/15\/judy-pfaff-light-years-at-cristin-tierney-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Judy Pfaff, &#8216;Light Years&#8217; at Cristin Tierney Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Wow\u2019 is always an appropriate response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judypfaffstudio.com\">Judy Pfaff<\/a>\u2019s exuberant installations and sculpture, their joyful excess of materials and form always eye-catching, sometimes overwhelming.\u00a0 Her first show with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cristintierney.com\/exhibitions\/101-judy-pfaff-light-years\/cover\/\">Cristin Tierney Gallery<\/a> features a 40\u2019 long installation of acrylic sheets fixed with neon, polyurethane foam, recycled plastic and umbrellas along one wall of the gallery\u2019s new Tribeca space.\u00a0 Opposite, three sculptures incorporating waving segments of plastic carpet pierced by neon (made with collaborating neon artist Joe Upham) transform impoverished materials into artworks with engaging visual complexity.\u00a0 (On view through Dec 20<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 4284px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/57452cde-1af6-d1d6-5ec3-fca84fc7f3b7.jpg\" alt=\"An abstract arrangement of a waving plastic carpet and neon lights.\" width=\"4284\" height=\"5042\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judy Pfaff, CARPETRIGHT, steel, recycled plastic carpet, neon, T5 fluorescent light, 74 x 68 x 41 inches, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Wow\u2019 is always an appropriate response to Judy Pfaff\u2019s exuberant installations and sculpture, their joyful excess of materials and form always eye-catching, sometimes overwhelming.\u00a0 Her first show with Cristin Tierney Gallery features a 40\u2019 long installation of acrylic sheets fixed with neon, polyurethane foam, recycled plastic and umbrellas along one wall of the gallery\u2019s new &hellip; 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