Fourteen/Hooking Up at Mary Boone Gallery

Image via: Mary Boone Gallery

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. 

Robert Rauschenberg, Mercury Zero Summer Glut, 1987, 10 ½ by 17 ½ by 8 ½ inches, assembled metal, Image AFC

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

Al Taylor, Floaters (Beach Bingo), 1998, 23 ½ by 44 by 44 inches (16), mixed media, Image via: Mary Boone Gallery