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some extraordinary pieces were featured in Asian art week in Chelsea gallery s
for example an incredible light sculpture “traveling Light” by Ai Weiwei”
according to AP at YatziThis gigantic, ruby-red crystal chandelier at Mary Boone Gallery marks the first major New York solo show by Ai Weiwei, one of China’s leading contemporary artists.
Made with 60,000 red crystals, each applied by hand, the multi-tiered structure looks like a wedding cake, collapsed sideways on the floor. Sexy, gaudy and mesmerizing, it’s a feat of craftsmanship and engineering
Other than the light works at Mary Boon, there is an abundance of interesting work being exhibited , for example the “cartoon skeletons” by Yale-educated Korean artist Hyungkoo Lee at Arario Gallery - a group of sculptures and drawings based on the beloved American cartoon characters, with a twist
Don’t expect fluffy ears and big, goofy eyes: Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck appear as skeletons in “Animatuseum.'’ It’s full of humor, as well as technical and imaginative bravura.
Lee, who represented Korea with these pieces at the Venice Biennale last year, had to imagine the hypothetical anatomy of, say, Wile E. Coyote. He cast its parts in resin and assembled the bones with archeological precision.
Surrounded by pools of light in a pitch-black gallery, the white skeletal shapes are suspended in midair on barely visible strings. In one room, the cartoon cat Tom chases the tiny mouse Jerry down a black runway. In another, the Road Runner flees Coyote.
Lee takes it one more step with the names he chooses for his pieces:
Don’t expect fluffy ears and big, goofy eyes: Bugs Bunny and Donald Duck appear as skeletons in “Animatuseum.'’ It’s full of humor, as well as technical and imaginative bravura.
Lee, who represented Korea with these pieces at the Venice Biennale last year, had to imagine the hypothetical anatomy of, say, Wile E. Coyote. He cast its parts in resin and assembled the bones with archeological precision.
Surrounded by pools of light in a pitch-black gallery, the white skeletal shapes are suspended in midair on barely visible strings. In one room, the cartoon cat Tom chases the tiny mouse Jerry down a black runway. In another, the Road Runner flees Coyote.
The pieces come in editions of three with an artist proof.
