Petah Coyne’s Wax Sculptures and Installations Vacillate Between Beauty and Monstrosity

Petah Coyne’s Wax Sculptures and Installations Vacillate Between Beauty and Monstrosity

“Untitled #1074” (2002), specially-formulated wax, pigment, silk Duchesse satin, silk flowers, tassels, chicken-wire fencing, wire, metal basket, 5/16-inch 30 Grade proof coil chain, quick-link shackles, paper towels, jaw-to-jaw swivel, cable, cable nuts, 36 x 31 x 24 inches. All images © Petah Coyne, courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co., New York, shared with permission Continue reading

A Daily Life: An Interview with Erick Medel

A Daily Life: An Interview with Erick Medel
Erick Medel doesn’t just take pictures, he sews them. Through a unique process involving denim and brightly colored threads, Medel documents through photography his Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles and finds the most mundane city scenes to then transform into highly detailed works that come from his sewing machine rather than oil paint. On the occasion of his solo show, Vidas, on view at Charlie James Gallery, we talked to Erick about his relationship with his neighborhood as he painstakingly recreates it with thread. 

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