Landon Metz's Pink Sculptures Dialogue with Canonica Museum
Landon Metz (born Phoenix, 1985, lives in New York) presents his first solo museum exhibition in Rome at the Museo Pietro Canonica, a historic house-museum. The show transforms two large galleries with flat, pink sculptural sequences laid on the floor, creating a carnal counterpoint to the museum's official, buttoned-up marble sculptures. Metz also includes a video installation and a frieze of square paintings on the ground, though these feel less engaging due to a seriality that appears perfunctory and trademark-like. The venue, nicknamed "la fortezzuola" (the little fortress), is praised as a magical space that, when used intelligently, can host interstitial exhibitions of high quality like this one. The review was written by Pericle Guaglianone.
Key facts
- Landon Metz was born in Phoenix in 1985 and lives in New York.
- The exhibition is held at the Museo Pietro Canonica in Rome.
- Metz's abstract, minimalist, liquid-like language contrasts with the museum's figurative sculptures.
- The artist created flat, pink sculptural sequences arranged on the floor in two large rooms.
- A video installation and a frieze of square paintings are also included.
- The square paintings are described as less engaging and trademark-like.
- The museum is nicknamed 'la fortezzuola' (the little fortress).
- The review is by Pericle Guaglianone.
Entities
Artists
- Landon Metz
Institutions
- Museo Pietro Canonica
- Artribune
Locations
- Phoenix
- New York
- Rome
- Italy