Jane and Louise Wilson and the art of stasis

The 303 Gallery in NY has June 14 to August 2 slotted in for a Jane and Louise Wilson show and the suspense is focused around the question of whether this show will reflect a shift or a refinement of the themes that have made the pair famous. Working with film and photography these identical twins have generated incredible imagery of architectual sites that served as centers of power in a current state of abandonment and decay. It seems an easy theme but the detailing and the orchestrated visual sweep Jane and Louise Wilson give to places that have out-lived their purpose are incredible elegies to the idea of architectual stasis. I cannot wait to see what they emit at 303 in June!

Jeppe Hein: Multiplied Cube 2008:

This weekend take a spin through Jeppe Hein's solo show at 303 Gallery in NY if you have a chance. It's getting great reviews and Artforum tips it as a current critic's pick. There's a really witty piece in the show titled "Almost Nothing" which features a glass sphere hanging over the gallery attendant's desk. In the glass sphere is a single feather bobbing in the cross-currents of a fan. It's the kind of show you could take a toddler to and watch his eyes widen in wonder or you could furrow your brow and marvel at the sleek packaging of it all. Doomsayers like to preach that the end is near for the New York art scene and its obscene art boom, but shows like this with their lightness of being matched against a slickness of conceit suggest Babylon is a lot more clever than we might imagine.

Jeppe Hein
303 GALLERY
525 West 22nd Street
March 1–April 12