Youthful and mysterious figures emerge from glass and ceramic within the uncanny sculptures of Christina Bothwell (beforehand). Animals and youngsters kind the artist’s main focus, typically embellished with painted florals, nestled in shells, or encapsulated inside chicken cages. Her husband and collaborator, Robert Bender, typically provides wooden parts like deer antlers or spider-esque legs. Tender and likewise sometimes unsettling, the items trace on the surreal stuff of goals, recollections, and the spirit world.
Bothwell’s solo exhibition, Display Reminiscences, simply opened at UrbanGlass’s Robert Lehman Gallery. Offered by Heller Gallery, the present brings collectively a big selection of recent and up to date items and continues by way of September 12 in New York Metropolis. Discover extra on the artist’s web site and Instagram.
