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Lu Zhengyuan on the 'Good-Looking'
"Half-truth," the New York debut of Lu Zhengyuan at Eli Klein [through Oct. 21], features just seven works that encompass painting, sculpture and photography. Lu consistently resists adopting a signature style, but maintains that the works should be individually "good-looking"—that is, visually and conceptually intriguing, though "not necessarily esthetically pleasing"—so that viewers will be enticed to look beyond their surfaces.
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Ai Weiwei's Gilt
On Nov. 17, 12 golden zodiac animal heads mounted on convoluted stems atop simple pedestals provided a glamorous setting for the book launch of Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals at Paul Kasmin's plush new space in Chelsea. The festive event came six months after a larger bronze version of the sculptural group—now on a multi-venue world tour—debuted briefly at the Pulitzer Fountain in front of New York's Plaza Hotel.Read More
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Mixed Media. Courtesy Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, and the artist.
Extraction, the most recent series of mixed media collages
