{"id":7933,"date":"2019-02-21T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=7933"},"modified":"2019-02-20T06:51:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T11:51:39","slug":"richard-slee-at-hales-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/21\/richard-slee-at-hales-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Slee at Hales Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British ceramic artist Richard Slee\u2019s ongoing installation of ceramic hammers and tools with wooden handles is a thought-provoking jumble of tongue-in-cheek contradictions, starting with the impossibility of using any of these tools for actual labor.\u00a0 Like Pete Seeger\u2019s famous intention to \u2018hammer out love,\u2019 the concept is more convincing than the reality, as suggested by this abandoned pile.\u00a0 (On view at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.halesgallery.com\/exhibitions\/132\/installation_shots\/\">Hales Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea through Feb 23<sup>rd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7934\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7934\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=7934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7934\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7934\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/richard_slee-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Slee, Hammers, 2010 \u2013 ongoing, glazed ceramic with wood hammer handles, wood stain, rubber, metal and found additions in 325 parts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British ceramic artist Richard Slee\u2019s ongoing installation of ceramic hammers and tools with wooden handles is a thought-provoking jumble of tongue-in-cheek contradictions, starting with the impossibility of using any of these tools for actual labor.\u00a0 Like Pete Seeger\u2019s famous intention to \u2018hammer out love,\u2019 the concept is more convincing than the reality, as suggested by &hellip; 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