NEW YORK—Just inside the Armory Show entrance, two fascinating sculptures were on view at the Galleria Continua booth. Embellished with a knitted poncho and sunglasses and a tangle of pencils, the glass figures by Pascale Marthine Tayou, were both fragile and quirky. The works by Cameroon-born Tayou, were among several on exhibit at show in which artists employed glass to create unique objects.
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Detail of “Poupees Pascale,” 2010 (crystal and mixed media) by Pascale Marthine Tayou.
Installation view of “Poupees Pascale” (2) at Galleria Continua of San Gimignano, Italy, Beijing and Le Moulin, France.
Detail of “Poupees Pascale,” 2010 (crystal and mixed media) by Pascale Marthine Tayou.
“Italian Mask,” 2010 (crystal and mixed media) by Pascale Marthine Tayou.
“God is Great (#1b),” 1991 (glass, books, resin) by John Latham at Lisson Gallery of London.
Detail of “God is Great” by John Latham.
“Untitled (23 bottles),” 2003 (paint on 23 bottles, wood, wire) by Barry McGee at Roberts & Tilton of Culver City, Calif.
Read a recent Forbes magazine article about Barry McGee that asks if he is a graffiti art sellout. It notes, “he’s struggled to reconcile mainstream appeal with his stated aim ‘to carry on pissing people off.’ It’s been a losing battle. His furiously overturned trucks are now crowd-pleasers.”
Detail of “Untitled (23 bottles).”