by Onajídé Shabaka - 18 Mar., 2007

   Missing and Found in March 2007

    by Onajídé Shabaka

Wynwood/ Design District had some familiar and unfamiliar works. Even though some galleries had new works up, some of the works from previous exhibitions that were not seen well were still available for viewing.

Elsoca and Fabin's wall installation at Bernice Steinbaum was spread across several walls and still amazing for its source material, flys. Glexis Novoa's wall drawing is "hidden" around a corner wall but, well lit and shining with detail.

The Rubell Collection's ground floor exhibition space featured John Bock's totem sculpture with lights. It may have been missed on a previous visit but, Bock's work would seem to have a ready audience locally since it is not well known. Thomas Houseago's roughly constructed plaster based sculptures seemed to have attracted my attention during the evening along with many other works of the same rough hewn type. Matthew Monahan is of the same vein.

(More cover in the next article.)

Glexis Novoa, BS Island
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery

Xavier Veilhan's figuative sculpture (foreground) and,
Snowflakes (background) at Galerie Perrotin

John Bock
Rubell Family Collection

Thomas Houseago, 2006
tuf-cal, hemp, iron clay graphite
96 x 30 x 37 in.
Rubell Family Collection

Matthew Monahan, 2006
drywall, paper, acrylic, wood, plaster, metal, beeswax
63 x 63 x 13 in.
Rubell Family Collection

Matthew Monahan, 2006
drywall, paper, acrylic, wood, plaster, metal, beeswax
63 x 63 x 13 in.
Rubell Family Collection

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