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The weather was changing and I had the chance to visit artist studios, museums and galleries
First stop was Marguerite Humeau’s solo show at The New Museum. ‘Birth Canal’ centers on the source of humanity and the related histories of love, spirituality, language and war. She is studying the prehistoric female goddess statuettes from 150,000 years ago and bringing them back to life. Humeau featured in Tiffany Zab’s curated show ‘Stray’, last year at Time Square Space, which brought together five artists whose work suggest how the human body is affected by the contemporary technological era
We were very proud to see Marianna Simnett: Blood In My Milk which is an edit of four works ‘The Udder’, ‘Blood In My Milk’, ‘Blue Roses’ and ‘Worst Gift’ – the first three featured in her solo show at Zabludowicz Collection last spring. It was a tremendous edit bringing together a sense of scientific discomfort using subjects such as human sickness and medical procedures
At Rachel Rossin we explored everything from her 3D body screens…
…to her very strange and wonderful tardigrades whom I fell totally in love with and was declared by Rachel as my spirit animal. A creature that is often nicknamed water bears or moss piglets, they are microscopic with long plump bodies and scrunched up heads. They have eight legs and hands with four to eight claws on each. These animals are indestructible and even survive in outer space. Forget the cockroach, now we really know how we started
A highlight for me was visiting the studio of Jordan Kasey with Tiffany and Maitreyi in a sweltering 95 degree heat - I felt I was oil paint melting off the surface of Jordan’s canvas. The work was as usual vibrant, dark and full of deep subconscious meaning
Her charcoal drawing studies of ancient statues were accomplished
There was so much to see including Wolfgang Tillmans’ wonderful talk at The New York Public Library
Simone Leigh’s work was wonderful. I had often walked past her art before in collectors homes but had sadly not taken much notice. Leigh’s practice comes from deep routed African American Feminism and is looking at Roman and Egyptian History, African American Vernacular and architecture to create these works
The women were in full force in NYC and I managed to see the multi-faceted work of Charline von Heyl at Petzel. Her paintings are unconventional and unpredictable, they’re a joy to see!
After the splendid opening we went to the dinner where all the great artists came out in support including Christopher Wool, Cecily Brown and Joyce Pestano.
We managed to have a peep into Sam Falls show at 303 Gallery and he did not let us! The work was delicate and detailed. He even had gone night diving to dig up some of the seaweed to create his mega canvases. His work is always a happy accident and his medium is nature. How many artists can claim such an accolade?
Finally we dropped into B. Wurtz at Metro Pictures which is never a letdown - we loved his photograph of domestic textiles
