Whether you are just returning to the city from Miami or simply wanting to see what’s on in the city before the holidays, we’ve rounded up 10 solo exhibitions that are not to be missed before the end of the year. And though the weather may have turned cold, the art scene is hot in New York City.
From an artist mining the “cat lady” cliché through ceramics to a fiber artist pushing the boundaries of their medium to a painter imagining a vivid fantasy world populated by fairies, these 10 artists span the dynamic landscape of art-making today.
Sagarika Sundaram, “Source”
Palo Gallery, through February 4
Sagarika Sundaram’s debut New York solo exhibition “Source” at Palo Gallery offers some immense works made of felt. Featuring both wall-mounted and free-standing pieces, the selection of works are a testament to Sundaram’s ongoing exploration of and experimentation with textiles. Using raw fibers and hand-dying techniques, the artist is able to achieve a painterly quality in her compositions as well as to invoke sculptural traditions, since even the wall-mounted works spill into three-dimensional space. With many pieces seemingly defying physics, Sundaram is an artist to watch in her quest to forward the boundaries of textile and fiber art-making.
Coinciding with the exhibition is the production of a fully illustrated catalogue, edited by curator Andrew Gardner and anthropologist and curator Vyjayanthi Rao, featuring essays by each as well as a dialogue between Sundaram and Bahauddin Dagar, an acclaimed Indian classical performer of the rudra veena.
