{"id":1633,"date":"2012-11-21T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2025-02-11T13:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:07:36","slug":"charles-ray-at-matthew-marks-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/21\/charles-ray-at-matthew-marks-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Ray Self Portrait at Matthew Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charles Ray, Shoe Tie, solid stainless steel, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Charles Ray\u2019s sculptural self-portrait is stunningly perfect \u2013 his body has the unflawed, fluid shine of poured mercury \u2013 and relentlessly banal \u2013 he sports an everyman physique and needs to tie a shoelace.\u00a0 This first impression holds true to the man vs machine process he used to create the sculpture: a digital drawing is recreated as a clay sculpture which becomes the model for a computer controlled machine that sculpts the sculpture from a solid piece of steel. (At Matthew Marks Gallery<\/a> on 22nd<\/sup> Street through Jan 12.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charles Ray\u2019s sculptural self-portrait is stunningly perfect \u2013 his body has the unflawed, fluid shine of poured mercury \u2013 and relentlessly banal \u2013 he sports an everyman physique and needs to tie a shoelace.\u00a0 This first impression holds true to the man vs machine process he used to create the sculpture: a digital drawing is … <\/p>\n

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