{"id":968,"date":"2011-07-29T22:31:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T03:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=968"},"modified":"2012-01-17T22:45:40","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T03:45:40","slug":"the-house-without-the-door-at-david-zwirner-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/29\/the-house-without-the-door-at-david-zwirner-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"“The House Without the Door” at David Zwirner Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mona Hatoum, 'Home,' 1999, photograph courtesy of Alexander and Bonin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mona Hatoum\u2019s 1999 sculpture Home<\/em> (featuring kitchen implements with wires running out of them, accompanied by the sound of pulsating current) inspired this unsettling exhibition plumbing the darker side of the places in which we live. High on anxiety but regrettably low on risk factor, this hit parade of big-name artists still affords the pleasure of reconnecting with iconic artworks about painful circumstances.<\/p>\n

Family relations simmer in the show\u2019s best pieces. Louise Bourgeois\u2019s claustrophobic house teeming with phallic\/breast\/fungal forms and Rachel Whiteread\u2019s black urethane mattress creased by a labial fold conjure a dread matched by a Luc Tuymans painting of place settings that foretells the drama of a family gathering.<\/p>\n

Violence spills over in Gregor Schneider\u2019s photos of a strung-up sex doll and in Mamma Andersson\u2019s painting of a disordered bedroom with ominously bloodred furniture. But the most disturbing pieces hint at souls lost to the chaos (Jeff Wall\u2019s photo of a disheveled character standing by the door of his decrepit domicile) or obsessive order (a Thomas Ruff living-room scene) of their lives.<\/p>\n

Even a cheery painting of a beach house by Maureen Gallace turns suspiciously, unbelievably idealized in this context, while a whimsical paintbrush by Michael Brown, its handle crafted from melted Neil Young records, seems primed for a cover-up. Viewed from the right angle, David Altmejd\u2019s plaster sculpture of a fantastical lair with dangling staircases turns out to be the head of some deranged giant. Such twists add intrigue to this domestic thriller of a group show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mona Hatoum\u2019s 1999 sculpture Home (featuring kitchen implements with wires running out of them, accompanied by the sound of pulsating current) inspired this unsettling exhibition plumbing the darker side of the places in which we live. High on anxiety but regrettably low on risk factor, this hit parade of big-name artists still affords the pleasure … <\/p>\n

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