I’ve got to hand it to Mary Boone; she has a great eye and so do her curators. Assembled by Klaus Kertess, Fourteen/Hooking Up, brings together a group of artists working with diverse humble materials. The show looks incredibly contemporary. In fact, I had assumed the work was all made by young artists working in the “Unmonumental” style until I saw that the check list included Robert Rauchenberg, Cy Twombly and Keith Sonnier. Alexandra Birken, who was included in last year’s debut exhibition at the New Museum Unmonumental, is a little younger of course at 41, so the impression wasn’t entirely unfounded. Like the Cecily Brown I discussed yesterday, this show closed Saturday as well, but I’m including few highlights after the jump regardless. There are a lot of reasons to be visiting Chelsea right now, most importantly, the large number of high quality exhibitions on view.
Keith Sonnier, Arabic Fringe, 2004, 34 by 34 by 10 inches, neon, found objects/transformer, Image AFC
Jason Tomme, Cig Scale, 2008, 44 by 96 by 7 inches, acrylic/resin, wood, Image via: Mary Boone Gallery
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