David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery

I want to recommend going to see David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery before it closes on March 8. I've kept Altmejd's work on my radar for awhile.  While this current exhibition, called Juices, is at once striking and "cool", giving it further thoughtful attention is illuminating and worthwhile.

The largest piece in the show is 11 feet tall and spans a space 21 x 24 ft.  It's big. I'm glad I took my time studying the exhibition, because the longer I stayed and went back to look at different areas a second and third time, the more I was able to discern narrative connections within the piece. While Altmejd's craftsmanship is often raw and crude with reason (because life gets sloppy), the narrative is intricate and woven deeply.

David Altmejd, The Flux and The Puddle
photo by Lance Brewer courtesy Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

Stories about fruit juice, body juice and art juice, travel throughout a three-dimensional