{"id":8877,"date":"2020-08-21T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2025-02-09T19:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:37:44","slug":"nicole-wermers-in-the-return-of-the-real-at-tanya-bonakdar-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/21\/nicole-wermers-in-the-return-of-the-real-at-tanya-bonakdar-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Wermers in ‘The Return of the Real’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

London-based German artist Nicole Wermers juxtaposes an ashtray with four tiers of sorted sea-shells in this provocative piece from Tanya Bonakdar Gallery<\/a>\u2019s current summer group show.\u00a0 Do the shells stand in for nature, dominated by human-produced toxins?\u00a0 Or should the cigarettes signal rebellious freedom that might not be at odds with a shell-strewn shoreline?\u00a0 Wermers leaves it up to us to sort through our associations in a piece that\u2019s ripe for a variety of interpretation.\u00a0 (On view Tues \u2013 Fri by appointment through August 28th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Masks and social distancing required.)<\/p>\n

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Nicole Wermers, Untitled Ashtray (shells), powder coated steel, shells, sand, 40 1\/8 x 23 5\/8 x 23 5\/8 inches, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

London-based German artist Nicole Wermers juxtaposes an ashtray with four tiers of sorted sea-shells in this provocative piece from Tanya Bonakdar Gallery\u2019s current summer group show.\u00a0 Do the shells stand in for nature, dominated by human-produced toxins?\u00a0 Or should the cigarettes signal rebellious freedom that might not be at odds with a shell-strewn shoreline?\u00a0 Wermers … <\/p>\n

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