There is simply too much going on on W 24th, so here is a second installment:
Richard Serra is having a moment. His drawings show at the Met was incredible (if you missed it, buy the book!), and he has two new massive sculptures at Gagosian. The gallery is touting Junction and Cycle as “two of [Serra’s] most complex and challenging works to date.” I don’t know about all of that, but Serra’s manipulation of space is pretty awesome. To weave your way through these colossal structures is to know their genius first hand.
Next you simply have to see For Now at Mary Boone, a super cool display of the amazing, wearable sculptures artist Nick Cave calls “Soundsuits.” The mix of resources and the construction of these inventive pieces are mind-blowing. Get excited for the show with this minute-long video. (No need for sound if you’re at the office.) Aren’t these suits inspiring in oh so many ways?!
Spend some time ogling the soundsuits (maybe even pop over to the concurrent show at Jack Shainman on 20th), but leave time to see Deborah Butterfield: New Work at Danese. Butterfield celebrates the majestic form of the horse through her masterful sculpture. She first “draws” the piece with found branches, and then casts it by burning away the wooden sculpture with molten bronze. Finally, she applies a patina to make it look deceptively like natural wood. It is simply baffling how she manages, throughout this process, to instill her subjects with such character and energy, especially using found branches! She must have quite a collection shocked up out in the old shed.
Ingredients:
Venues: Mary Boone; Danese; Gagosian
Artists: Nick Cave; Deborah Butterfield; Richard Serra
Streets: W 24th St, 10th – 11th Aves
Eats: The Red Cat
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