Barry Flanagan “The Hare is Metaphor”

Barry Flanagan “The Hare is Metaphor”

Paul Kasmin Gallery (515 W 27th)

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Paul Kasmin Gallery presents an exhibition of sculpture by Barry Flanagan (1941 - 2009). The presentation brings together a selection of the artist’s iconic bronze hares from the 1980’s - 90’s alongside his lesser-known works made with rope, sand, cloth, stone, ceramics and light as a sculptural component (largely from the 1960’s - 70’s). A series of small paper collages, drawings, prints and film are also included.

The exhibition, curated by Dr Jo Melvin, offers new insights into the interconnectedness of seemingly distinct periods of Flanagan’s 40-year career, demonstrating an ongoing experimentation with materials and their properties and a symbiosis between abstraction and figuration. It challenges the supposition that Flanagan’s later works represent a marked shift in the artist’s approach to art-making. Rather, they represent the distillation of Flanagan’s decades-long fascination with ontology, movement and the physicality of the various materials with which he worked.

Media

• Painting
• Drawing
• Prints
• Film

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