Tom Otterness “Creation Myth”
Marlborough (Midtown)
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The Directors of Marlborough Gallery present an exhibition of recent works by Tom Otterness entitled Creation Myth. Creation Myth will consist of over twenty sculptures in stainless-steel & limestone, bronze, and marble. The works range in scale from small to monumental.
In this exhibition, Otterness alludes to Ovid’s canonical story in the Metamorphoses in which Pygmalion carves a sculpture of a woman in ivory so beautiful and idyllic that he becomes enchanted by her. Upon praying to goddess Aphrodite for a bride, Pygmalion’s sculpture, Galatea, comes to life. The works in Creation Myth, however, feature a woman carving a male figure. Otterness overturns this classical parable in his inimitable style, which allows him to offer what art historian Alan W. Moore describes as, “hard lessons in reassuring tones.”
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Schedule
from October 22, 2014 to November 25, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-10-22 from 18:00 to 20:00