Katie Bell’s new exhibition builds on her continuing interest in El Lissitzky’s Proun Rooms and other Constructivist goodness, but here she incorporates elements that bring to mind the Memphis Group oeuvre and commercial display culture as much as fine art. Her large drawing-like sculpture “In Search of Form” (2024) appears to be where she works out her visual ideas, while incorporating objects she amasses on her travels. The more somber circular Line of Sight series on the other side of the gallery, and the stumpy “Water Table (Bird Bath)” (2024) in the backyard distill some of that thinking into elegant forms that exude a refreshing stoicism, if that’s even a thing. It’s nice to see a show use the language of formalism without necessarily feeling nostalgic, like so many exhibitions are doing nowadays. — Hrag Vartanian
Katie Bell's "Edges in Search of Form" on Hyperallergic
15 May, 2024
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