What is it about empty boxes? When you give a kid a present, she’d often rather play with the box it came in. When you give artist Dawit L. Petros a few cardboard cubes, he toys with your perception of the world. In his landscape photographs, on view at Alexander Gray, Petros uses boxes in formation to mark sea level, obstruct sight lines and make you think differently about what you’re seeing. The effect seems to highlight what’s not there, the loss of something that should have been included.
For an entirely different take on geometric formations, stop by Mitchell-Innes & Nash for Sarah Braman: Yours. Using an cut-up camper and her signature plexiglas cubes, Braman sculpts striking, funny pieces that only get better and better as you weave through the gallery and explore them from several angles. Everyday life is celebrated, and somehow the burden of debris is lifted.
Before you head over to Pepe Giallo for one of their delicious paninis, pop into Galerie Lelong to experience Yoko Ono: Uncursed. Through this installation of doors and screens and transparences, Ono is wishing for “seven good fortunes and eight treasures.” You know you want to get in on that!
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Venues: Alexander Gray, Galerie Lelong, Mitchell-Innes & Nash
Artists: Dawit L. Petros, Yoko Ono, Sarah Braman
Streets: W 26th Street btw 10th & 11th Aves
Eats: Pepe Giallo
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