When considering Miguel Arzabe 's bold, woven works, it's unsurprising that he begins by painting two abstract pieces. Vibrant fields of acrylic spread across his canvases before they're sliced into long strips and reconfigured. Resulting are dynamic compositions that meld art historical traditions with Arzabe's Bolivian heritage, drawing on longstanding Andean imagery and weaving practices.
When I learned about Light Years, Judy Pfaff's debut exhibition at Cristin Tierney Gallery, I thought about what makes her work stand out to me. Pfaff, whose last solo show at a New York gallery was in 2019, has always assembled her sculptures out of diverse materials, from the store-bought and found to the fabricated. In Light Years, we encounter plastic flowers and fruit, a birds' and a wasps' nest, recycled plastic carpets, polyurethane foam, steel tubing, and LED and neon light.
If one were to take the art of Charisse Weston at face value, there would be plenty to deal with. Her sculptures are made of a variety of materials that include, in one piece, an inkjet print on canvas, 220 grit silicone carbide, shattered glass, slumped Mirropane, Solarcool breeze surveillance glass, shattered tempered glass, metal end cap, epoxy, ink and acrylic paint.
