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Trees have been both material and subject matter in several Chelsea exhibitions recently, but none have included sound and smell in the inviting way that Meg Webster<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Thicket\u2019 does at Paula Cooper Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Visitors hear birdsong recorded at an old-growth forest in New Jersey and smell the scent of greenery before even entering the main space to discover \u2018Thicket,\u2019 a large, spiraling form made of branches and foliage cuttings.\u00a0 Positioned at the center of the gallery, basking under the gallery\u2019s skylights, the structure recalls Richard Serra\u2019s inviting steel spirals but situates the feeling of enclosure in a natural environment.\u00a0 Like Robert Smithson\u2019s famous piles of earth deposited in a gallery, there\u2019s a disconnect between the material brought from outside and the white-walled exhibition space that gives the installation an aura of strangeness and wonder. (On view in Chelsea through July 24th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Meg Webster, Thicket, branch and foliage cuttings on branch lattice structure, 108 x 240 x 264 inches, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trees have been both material and subject matter in several Chelsea exhibitions recently, but none have included sound and smell in the inviting way that Meg Webster\u2019s \u2018Thicket\u2019 does at Paula Cooper Gallery.\u00a0 Visitors hear birdsong recorded at an old-growth forest in New Jersey and smell the scent of greenery before even entering the main … <\/p>\n

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