Events

Im Visier 
Die Schusswaffe in Kunst und Design

In Sight: Firearms in Art & Design

https://www.forumschlossplatz.ch/ausstellungen+im-visier

Opening March 1, 2019 
Vernissage 1. März 2019

Show dates: 
March 2 - May 26, 2019 
02. Mär 2019 26. Mai 2019

Schlossplatz 4 
CH-5000 Aarau

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UDBO: Unidentified Dangerous Beautiful Objects

This new, 32-page, color, hardcover book now available for $30 at UDBO on Amazon

In UDBO, Lieberman reflects on exchanges of play and power in contemporary culture, bringing these tensions into sharp relief. The “Unidentified Dangerous Beautiful Objects” are inspired by children's playthings but their highly polished black marble forms evoke violence and aggression. They are at once elegant and anxious, voluptuous and menacing. When arranged in a tic-tac-toe grid—the UDBO “playground” title of a recent exhibition—the objects (each suggesting perhaps a flower, a grenade, a radio) render a dangerous game indeed.

The book features close-up images of the artist’s most recent work, as well as installation views of the sculptures set in their "playground" configuration.

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Rules of the Game

Claire Lieberman - Kate McQuillen - Wouter Nijland

through Dec. 30 at

Massey Klein Gallery 124 Forsyth St. NYC @ Delancey , open Dec. 23 1-5pm; Dec. 26-30 by appt.

Massey Klein is pleased to present Rules of the Game, a group exhibition featuring work by Claire Lieberman, Kate McQuillen, and Wouter Nijland.  The exhibition explores the artists’ distinct use of material and process resulting in surface qualities individual to each body of work.

Claire Lieberman is a sculptor who creates freestanding, three-dimensional works reminiscent of animated childhood objects.  The pieces are rendered in highly polished, black marble; their surfaces smooth and shiny, punctuated or disrupted by protuberances.  A ballooning toy grenade and curvaceous toy top exude a playful and provocative quality.  The effect is voluptuous and inviting, bringing to the surface the duality of material and image.s such unexpected materials as marble, Jell-O, and video. In her practice, she explores dichotomies like the sublime and the quirky, desire and danger, indulgence and guilt.

For press inquiries or information about available works, please email info@masseyklein.com