{"id":8408,"date":"2019-10-29T17:30:53","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T21:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8408"},"modified":"2019-10-29T15:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:30:29","slug":"meredith-james-at-jack-hanley-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/29\/meredith-james-at-jack-hanley-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith James at Jack Hanley Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The experience of curling up with a good book in a comfy chair isn\u2019t what you might expect in Meredith James\u2019 \u2018Library,\u2019 a standout in her show of delightfully strange sculpture at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jackhanley.com\/exhibitions\/meredith-james2\">Jack Hanley Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Stocked with blandly-colored, identical volumes, the miniature library set in a chair, feels more ominous than wonderful.\u00a0 A gallery handout suggests that James\u2019 new work explores \u2018things in various stages of disappearance or obsolescence,\u2019 offering an uncertain future for the written word.\u00a0 (On view on the Lower East Side through Nov 10<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8409\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8409\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8409\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8409\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/meredith_james.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/meredith_james.jpg 2432w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/meredith_james-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/meredith_james-267x400.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meredith James, Library, armchair, wood, acrylic paint, paper, 44 x 31.5 x 30 inches, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The experience of curling up with a good book in a comfy chair isn\u2019t what you might expect in Meredith James\u2019 \u2018Library,\u2019 a standout in her show of delightfully strange sculpture at Jack Hanley Gallery.\u00a0 Stocked with blandly-colored, identical volumes, the miniature library set in a chair, feels more ominous than wonderful.\u00a0 A gallery handout &hellip; 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