6s 7s
and
6s and 7s
Outdoor Sculptures in the Marlborough Gallery Breezeway 40 West 57th Street April 7 - June 30, 2016 In conjunction with Marlborough Gallery’s exhibition Large Sculptures, Marlborough Chelsea has organized a group show in the pedestrian passageway between 56th and 57th Streets. Featuring a multi-generational and international group of contemporary artists, this exhibition highlights the friction between the built world and humanity, and the variable supremacy of nature and culture. Sarah Braman takes her cue from the grand glass and steel of city architecture, but imbues these hard materials with a human scale and warmth of color. Tony Matelli, Matt Johnson and Charles Harlan transform and recontextualize the utilitarian oil drum, traffic barrier and rollgate (subtle symbols of power and control in city life) to initiate an art-historical and phenomenological dialogue. Robert Melee, Keith Edmier and John Ahearn pervert the civic ideal of the public monument through the abstraction and personalization of the bronze figure, and by honoring ordinary citizens. Elsewhere, Lars Fisk and Lothar Hempel employ the speed of vehicular transportation and the hyperspeed of digital exchange to note a surprising whiff of nostalgia inherent in the incessant roll of commerce.
Lars Fisk, Dodge Ball, 2014
acrylic, vinyl and modified auto parts, diameter: 60 in., 152.4 cm courtesy of the artist
Charles Harlan, Roll Gate, 2014
steel, 112 x 60 x 15 in, 284.5 x 152.4 x 38.1 cm photo by Charles Benton, image courtesy of the artist and JTT, New York
Matt Johnson, Twisted Jersey Barrier, 2015
stainless steel, wood, and cement, 45 x 144 x 41 in., 114.3 x 365.8 x 104.1 cm Š Matt Johnson, courtesy of 303 Gallery, New York and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
Keith Edmier and Farrah and Farrah 10.march.2015, 2015, vinylFawcett, on paper,Keith 20 x Edmier 16 in., 50.8 x 40.6 cmFawcett 2000, 2000-2002
diptych: a) bronze b) white marble, gold, diamond, a) 70 x 50 x 45 in., 177.8 x 127 x 114.3 cm b) 84 x 48 x 24 in., 213.4 x 121.9 x 61 cm produced by Art Production Fund, courtesy of Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Robert Melee, It Sitting, 2008
bronze and enamel paint, 86 x 103 x 44 in., 218.4 x 261.6 x 111.8 cm photo by Thomas Mueller, courtesy of Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Sarah Braman, Door, 2013
welded steel, color gels, and glass, 84 x 60 x 36 in., 213.4 x 152.4 x 91.4 cm courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Lothar Hempel, Frozen, 2015
ink on aluminum, steel, plastic foil and forex, motor, transformer and steel casing, 179 x 63 x 35 in., 454.7 x 160 x 88.9 cm courtesy of the artist, the Public Art Fund, and Anton Kern Gallery, New York
John Ahearn, Edwin with Cinderblock, 1997
pigmented resin and cement, 55 x 22 x 22 in., 140 x 56 x 56 cm photo by Orcutt and Van Der Putten, courtesy of Alexander and Bonin, New York
Tony Matelli, Barrels, 2016
steel and painted bronze, 96 x 42 x 42 in, 243.8 x 106.7 x 106.7 cm courtesy of the artist
s 6 dna s7