PETER DREHER
Through May 20. Koenig & Clinton, 459 West 19th Street, Manhattan; 212-334-9255, koenigandclinton.com. This subtle formal paradox — a suggestion that black and white, as equal partners in a singular action of contrast, are essentially interchangeable — is a good lead-in to the back room, which holds 15 recent head-on views. Painted in thin, overlapping layers of white gouache, these skulls look like X-rays printed on celluloid. They vary widely in their particulars: One has a jackal’s grimace and a cleft chin, another a severe underbite and eight separately articulated lower teeth. But hanging them all in a line makes those details read as passing accidents, like the constantly mutating patterns of a tide pool. Standing in front of them, I had what felt like a Buddhist revelation: For a moment, I could see that impermanence was inextricable from form. WILL HEINRICH, in Art & Design, The New York Times, April 19, 2017 |
PETER DREHER
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