Went to the Chelsea galleries briefly tonight; became completely entranced by these rubber-encased lightbox mounted shirts and blouses by Jil Weinstock at Charles Cowles (Feb 7-Mar 8 http://www.cowlesgallery.com I snapped these pix on the run). I've seen lots of resin-encased objects, but I didn't know that rubber could have such depth and warmth. Jil W. talks about its closeness to "flesh"; I wish I could have touched them to feel that soft give; I wish that my skin was as luminous.
Frilly blouse: this one looks a bit like microscopic images of bacteria or x-rays of internal organs of a jellyfish. I usually think of a shirt as pure surface; this one, however, has murky depth. He sunk beneath his shirt?
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Thanks for these photos!
I love the serendipity of the web: I stumbled upon these through unrelated search, and they remind me of Rachel Whiteread's work, I was just at the MFA, Boston, yesterday to see her Village.
Thanks again, Anneli
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