The most significant large - scale installations include Kagebangara, Of All people, And... and Some Place, are made from materials as diverse as threads coated in KumKum (a red organic pigment used on the forehead and in rituals), flattened tar barrels (from which road workers make temporary shelters), metal piping, woven hair ropes and
small wooden figures with votive functions.
Not exact matches
Constructed of a
small pinewood box turned on its side, the diorama featured five faceless
wooden figures, huddled together beneath a ring of barbed wire.
Among the highlights of the show are The Sun (1990), a floor installation of 360 triangular elements of white marble forming a grand circle, and the witty Self - Portrait (c. 1959) in which the artist's head is but a
small ball of paper resting on a larger - than - life
wooden torso with incredibly elongated legs (both works at Perry Rubenstein); the ethereal The Angel (1989) made of 125 spheres of thin clear Venetian glass delicately resting on the floor at Michael Werner; and at Mary Boone the five Concave
Figures (1994), one of Byars» final works.
Once homely in their soft powder colours, they now form a wall of defence guarded by a battalion of
small cutout
wooden figures.
Utilizing found objects to create an otherworldly yet traditionally based format, the image of a large female
figure and its
smaller companions are done in the style of traditional Indian painting, while delicate fabrics interweave amongst images that swirl and stream within and outside the two
wooden panels — thus making it engaging and contemplative to look at.
In a large painting and several
small works on paper Patricia Treib continues her breezy exploration of shape and color, while Nick Goss contributes a tabletop of unpainted plaster
figures cast from elaborately folded
wooden models as well as one large painting and two drawings, deftly straddling abstraction and representation.
The carved
wooden horse is one the clients already owned, the
smaller Tang - style horse
figure I purchased to go with it.