John Newman
dal 30/4/2003 al 31/5/2003
Segnalato da
30/4/2003
John Newman
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Monkey Wrenches and Household Saints, an exhibition of new sculptures by John Newman. These eccentric objects deploy a collision of unusual materials with seductive textures and high-key colors that engender a cascade of diverse images, associations and references offering up a unique sculptural experience.
MONKEY WRENCHES AND HOUSEHOLD SAINTS
Von Lintel Gallery is proud to present MONKEY WRENCHES AND HOUSEHOLD SAINTS, an
exhibition of new sculptures by John Newman.
These eccentric objects deploy a collision of unusual materials with seductive
textures and high-key colors that engender a cascade of diverse images,
associations and references offering up a unique sculptural experience.
Gourds and bamboo, cast lead crystal and mirrored plexiglas, tulle and wool
gabardine are but a few of the materials used. How the pieces are made and what
they are made of is often a mystery "creating a space in which unexpected
conjunctions are the rule, in which theory bows to intuition and humor and
associative imagery runs riot", writes Raphael Rubinstein in a recent essay.
Somewhere between the intimacy of a Japanese tea cup and the outrageousness of
cartoon computer animation, these small scale objects present themselves like
votives or artifacts,"objects with an extreme degree of specificity but barely
any descriptive relationship to the real world" writes Nancy Princenthal in an
essay on Newman's recent sculptures.
Grace Glueck of the NY Times, in a review of Newman's last exhibition, ended by
writing "But enough description of the indescribable". For over twenty years
John Newman has exhibited widely in the United States, Europe and Asia. His
sculpture and drawings are represented in numerous museum collections worldwide
including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the
Whitney. He has been commissioned to make large scale outdoor sculptures for
Storm King, Genral Mills, and Grounds for Sculpture. And he has recently been
commissioned to create a gigantic sculpture hanging
in mid-air suspended on cables for the newly renovated train station for the
city of Richmond Virginia.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1, from 6-8 PM
For more information, please contact the gallery at 212 242 0599
Von Lintel Gallery
555 West 25th Street
New York