Ian Cofre
Paul Chan Rhi Anima
By Ian CofreThe first encounter with Rhi Anima, Paul Chan’s third solo exhibition at Greene Naftali, spanning both of the Chelsea gallery’s spaces, is in the outdoor entranceway, where an inflatable sprite, arms raised—not unlike the Air Dancer tube-men of suburban car lots—whacks the glass of a window and waves at passersby.
AMIR NIKRAVAN: Rational Design
By Ian CofreLos Angeles based artist Amir Nikravan has taken a singular, pill-like form he encountered in Pasadena’s Stuart Building—a site originally known as the Stuart Pharmaceutical Company Office and Plant (1958)—and he’s given it a treatment of rupture and reconfiguration for Rational Design, his first solo show at Karg Gallery.
MICHAEL MANDIBERG | SIMON DENNY
By Ian CofreEight years to the day from Lehman’s failure, artist and educator Michael Mandiberg debuted his current exhibition, FDIC Insured, which captures the extent of this financial unraveling in a clear-eyed site-specific installation tucked away in a vacant office on the 15th Floor of 40 Rector Street.
Beyond the Scenic Vista
By Ian CofreImagine that a federal government decided to protect a national forest: would that justify a violent intervention against a group of people who were mining illegally?
