Younguk Yi, Hello, I hope you don’ t mind me asking, but would you be so kind as to offer me some food and a glass of water? 2024, acrylic on linen, 54 x 45.5 cm.
Alli Conrad
Hugo Ciappi
Maxwell Mustardo
Theo Rosenblum
Younguk Yi
A carefully-planned menu can be a work of art; an elegant, measured experience with each course delivered with precision and intent. A group show is often more like a banquet, spoiled for choice but without focus or depth. We sought to provide more, so that you could sink your teeth into six new artists in three mini-shows; however, as global shipping permits, these dishes will have to be coursed out, plated and served throughout the month.
The theme of our menu is time, and debuting this weekend is the appetizer course. Theo Rosenblum is always cooking up something highly experimental and though we did pass on the “Stool Stool” made of illusionistic excrement, we are happy to offer two sculptures and a wall relief that use black humor to address the passage of time. If the aging pumpkin doesn’t appetize, the infinite hot dog might.
Alli Conrad exhibits four new paintings of playfully posed feet. In shiny Mary Janes or Buster Browns, they are ambiguous in age, catalogue-ready but coy in purpose. We feature this artist in our current group show in L.A. but thought New York should have a taste as well.
Also in the center room is a substantial mini-show by Younguk Yi, first to arrive from Korea (somehow). These meticulous and exacting paintings are deeply uncanny as the artist uses a type of digital cubism to show us many positions superimposed in one. There is something arachnid in all the eyeballs, a hint of body horror amongst the proliferating digits and limbs. But let his happily-wagging dog tail reassure you: the artist is experimenting like Futurist Giacomo Balla’s painting “Dog on a Leash” (1912) and with the same brashly optimistic view of technological progress.
Primo piatto next week is the Italian artist Hugo Ciappi with three large works from Florence that instruct us a bit on how to be human. You would think we would have it down by now! Stretched out across the painted vignettes, we can learn “how to be a painter”, “six types of hug” or the curious “evolution of the hat”.
Main course the following week is a classic: anthropomorphic vessels by Maxwell Mustardo. Poking and prodding to push tradition to excess, Maxwell swells the proportions to a cartoonish and pudgy scale and affords the handles subtly lively positions. Color shifting iridescent pigments create shockingly saturated and glowing coloration across the uniquely knobly surface.
The dessert course will have to remain a surprise, so check back as the menu progresses to see what comes out of our kitchen.
Younguk Yi, A Portrait Of An Italian Friend Striving To Lead The Conversation Using Their Entire Body, 2024, acrylic on linen, 46 x 36 inches, 117 x 91 cm.
Younguk Yi, A Portrait Of A Dog Exposing Its Belly And Adopting An Excited Posture As A Strategic Act Of Conditioning Its Human., 2024, acrylic on linen, 76 x 51 inches, 193 x 129 cm.
Younguk Yi, A Portrait Of A Man Locking Eyes With An Unrelenting, Almost Suffocating Stare—All In A Covert Effort To Discreetly Pick Their Nose., 2024, acrylic on linen, 46 x 36 inches, 117 x 91 cm.
Younguk Yi, While Reading The Phrase, ‘To Safely Navigate Today, You Must Be Observant Of Your Surroundings’ In An Online Fortune Reading, I Was Struck By The Unexpected Memory Of Brushing My Teeth With Cleansing Foam This Morning—An Incident That Occurred In The Blink Of An Eye., 2024, acrylic on linen, 36 x 26 inches, 91 x 66 cm.
Younguk Yi, The Dog, Believing It Was About To Go For A Walk, Felt Its Heart Pound Wildly As Its Owner Paused In Front Of The Bakery., 2025, acrylic on linen, 21 x 18 inches, 53 x 46 cm.
Younguk Yi, A Dog Playing The Game Of Go Using Only Its Own Physical Faculties., 2025, acrylic on linen, 21 x 18 inches, 53 x 46 cm.
Younguk Yi, Hello, I Hope You Don't Mind Me Asking, But Would You Be So Kind As To Offer Me Some Food And A Glass Of Water?, 2024, acrylic on linen, 21 x 18 inches, 53 x 46 cm.
Younguk Yi, The Delivery Man Has Collected Your Food Order., 2024, acrylic on linen, 21 x 18 inches, 53 x 46 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Red Blue Anthropophora, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 38 x 20 x 19 in., 97 x 51 x 48 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Chameleon Anthropophora Pink-Blue-Green, 2024, Glazed stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 42.5 x 10 in., 108 x 25 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Blueberry Anthropophora, 2024, Glazed stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 26 x 16 x 16 in., 66 x 41 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Blue & Pink Anthropophora, 2024, Stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 28 x 8 x 8 in., 71 x 20 x 20 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Blue & Green Anthropophora, 2024, Stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 22 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 in., 57 x 27 x 27 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Pink & Yellow Anthropophora, 2024, Glazed stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 22 x 8 x 8 in., 56 x 20 x 20 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Orange Anthropophora, 2024, Stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 18 x 8 x 8 in., 46 x 20 x 20 cm.
Maxwell Mustardo, Blue & Pink Anthropophora, 2024, Stoneware, PVC rubber coating, 12 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in., 32 x 13 x 13 cm.
Theo A. Rosenblum, Getting Old Sucks, 2024, wood and lamp parts, 64.5 x 12.5 x 12 inches, 164 x 32 x 30 cm.
Theo A. Rosenblum, Infinite Dawg (Françusi), 2023, polychromed wood, 23.5 x 8 x 9 inches, 60 x 20 x 23 cm.
Theo A. Rosenblum, Every Fucking Day, 2024,wood and brass, 15 x 48 x 3.5 inches, 38 x 122 x 9 cm.
Hugo Ciappi, How To Be A Painter, 2024, Airbrush and enamel on canvas, 63 x 63 in., 160 x 160 cm.
Hugo Ciappi, Evolution of The Hat, 2024, Airbrush and enamel on canvas, 39 x 79 in., 200 x 100 cm
Hugo Ciappi, Six Types of Hugs, 2024, Airbrush and enamel on canvas, 63 x 55 in., 160 x 140 cm.
Hugo Ciappi, How To Make The Bed, 2024, Airbrush and enamel on canvas, 39 x 31 in., 100 x 80 cm.
Hugo Ciappi, How To Do Jogging, 2024, Airbrush and enamel on canvas, 39 x 31 in., 100 x 80 cm.
Alli Conrad, Mary Jane, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 76 x 61 cm.
Alli Conrad, Buster Brown, 2023, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 76 x 61 cm.
Alli Conrad, Camel Caszh, 2024, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches, 61 x 46 cm.
Alli Conrad, Navy Caszh, 2024, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches, 61 x 46 cm.