Andy Wainwright, courtesy Christopher Kurtz
Linenfold Armoire (Perpendicular Style) Christopher Kurtz 2020
Getting in My Own Way, Self-Imposed Blockades Woody De Othello 2019
This hand-carved cabinet draws on a surprising source: medieval linenfold carving, with vertical lines elongating toward the heavens. Noting the historical connection between this motif and times of plague, Kurtz renewed this gesture of transcendence as an intuitive response to the ongoing pandemic.
California-based sculptor Woody De Othello draws on many sources, among them the African American facejug tradition and the emotive figuration of Funk ceramics, as can be seen in this allegorical and psychologically intense self-portrait.
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