{"id":13112,"date":"2026-05-26T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=13112"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:04:32","slug":"mark-di-suvero-avanti-at-paula-cooper-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/mark-di-suvero-avanti-at-paula-cooper-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark di Suvero, &#8216;Avanti!&#8217; at Paula Cooper Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preponderously heavy yet looking as if it just danced into<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulacoopergallery.com\/exhibitions\/mark-di-suvero10#tab:slideshow\"> Paula Cooper Gallery<\/a> and paused for applause, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulacoopergallery.com\/artists\/mark-di-suvero#tab:thumbnails\">Mark di Suvero<\/a>\u2019s 1986 \u2018Nelly\u2019 exemplifies the exuberance and solidity of the nonagenarian\u2019s sculptures.\u00a0 Across the gallery, \u2018Avanti!\u2019 from 1998 dares visitors to climb a small platform and use their own weight to shift a hulking great piece of steel suspended from a thick chain.\u00a0 Both frightening and exhilarating, the experience of interacting with the metal behemoth takes visitors beyond the delight at dynamic forms to an appreciation of weight and actual movement.\u00a0 (On view through July 17<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 4707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/07d7a2f6-7a23-cf98-6a50-0ddf1c1e6994.jpg\" alt=\"An abstract sculpture roughly in the form of an X made of i-beams and other steel parts.\" width=\"4707\" height=\"3725\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mark di Suvero, Nelly, steel, 12 ft 6 inches x 18 ft 6 inches x 16 ft 10 \u00bd inches, 1986.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preponderously heavy yet looking as if it just danced into Paula Cooper Gallery and paused for applause, Mark di Suvero\u2019s 1986 \u2018Nelly\u2019 exemplifies the exuberance and solidity of the nonagenarian\u2019s sculptures.\u00a0 Across the gallery, \u2018Avanti!\u2019 from 1998 dares visitors to climb a small platform and use their own weight to shift a hulking great piece &hellip; 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