The view from Barbara on York Avenue, May 2014
Chelsea, January 2010, 22nd Street
Since Marvin Gates’s black metal sculpture is entitled Barbara, we’ll adhere to the convention of adopting feminine pronouns when referring to the likes of large, ocean-going vessels. Thus, “it” becomes “she,” and she is both a work of art and an art gallery: a rectangular mobile home to a constantly changing selection of eight small paintings that has moved across the cultural landscape of New York City for the last five years. <<more>>
ENTER BARBARA
A work of art and an art gallery: a rectangular mobile home to a constantly changing selection of eight small paintings that has moved across the cultural landscape of New York City for the last five years. <<more>>
