While you are on W 19th Street enjoying Jennie C. Jones’ Absorb / Diffuse at The Kitchen you have to stop in David Zwirner for Yutaka Sone: ISLAND. It’s like taking a micro-vacation to a fantastical island where relative size is variable but scale is constant. It’s magical.
Sone initially trained as an architect, which is undeniably clear in the way that each piece is obsessively detailed. His work toes the line between realism and perfection. It is simultaneously natural and artificial. Light in between Trees #1 is a marble sculpture depicting rays of sunlight as geometric forms cutting through tall trees. Contrastingly, Tropical Composition / Travelers palm no1 is a life-size tree made from natural rattan and paint around a wire frame. The juxtaposition is powerful.
From afar Little Manhattan is like a Renaissance drapery study with its 2.5 tons of magnificently smooth white marble. Go closer, though, and you’ll discover that the top inch or so of this elegant form is a to-scale rendering of Manhattan. (Well, almost to scale…the Empire State Building is purposely oversized.)
Afterward, ease back into reality with a stop at Omai for a Vietnamese lunch. Everything is super fresh and super tasty (if slightly inauthentic). I discovered their delicious lemongrass-crusted tofu thanks to the Underground Gourmet. Trust me/them and just get it!
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Venues: The Kitchen; David Zwirner
Artists: Jennie C Jones; Yutaka Sone
Streets: W 19th St, 10th-11th Aves
Eats: Omai
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