“As
a group, [the artists in Mirror Cells] acknowledge an overarching difficulty in
being in the world at this moment, whether due to personal traumas, the broader
state of affairs, or even the expectations that come with the
professionalization of artists today.”
New York - Art:
Whitney Museum of American Art – Mirror Cells. The exhibition Mirror Cells,
until August 21, curated by Chrispher Y. Lew and Jane Panetta, brings together
five artists; Liz Craft, Rochelle Goldberg, Elizabeth Jaeger, Maggie Lee, and
Win McCarthy, who embrace a narrative sensibility, forging aesthetic and
conceptual links among discrete sculptural worlds. The featured works are often made as
responses to experiences and concerns beyond the artist’s studio, sparking
empathy on social, political and personal levels. Largely composed of modest materials such as
wood, clay, plaster, and fabric, these works engage the viewer through a sense
of immediacy and tactility.
Above.
Christopher Y. Lew, Win McCarthy, Liz Craft, Elizabeth Jaeger and Jane Panetta.
Courtesy Whitney
- the artist - Off Vendome, New York
Mirror Cells
Win McCarthy
– Sunday Afternoon at 5 CR - 2015
Mirror Cells
Elisabeth
Jaeger – Vessel - 2016
Mirror Cells
Liz Craft –
Mermaid (Becky); cameo by pentti Monkkonen – 2008-15
Mirror Cells
Rochelle
Goldberg – No Where, Now Here – 2016 - detail
Mirror Cells
Maggie Lee
–TV Installation - 2016
The
Whitney’s Adam Weinberg and Scott Rothkopf