Mark Manders Presents Dreamlike Sculptures and Paintings at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Mark Manders's sixth solo exhibition at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York features monumental bronze busts, abstract sculptural landscapes, and works on paper. The show includes Bonewhite Clay Head with Vertical-Cloud, a large-scale cracked white clay head, and Monument, a giant bronze female head honoring the artist's mother and silent grief. The bone-white color recurs throughout, appearing in paintings framed by newspapers titled All Existing Words, which contain every English word used once in random order. New landscapes like Field Fragment use blue tiles to depict the sky at different moments, balanced on a metal rod over sand. Smaller bronze busts, painted to look like clay, appear as fragmentary archaeological relics. The exhibition runs until July 31, 2026.
Key facts
- Mark Manders's sixth solo show at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
- Features Bonewhite Clay Head with Vertical-Cloud, a large cracked white clay head.
- Monument is a giant bronze female head with a lump on its throat, dedicated to the artist's mother and silent grief.
- Bone-white color recurs in paintings framed by newspapers titled All Existing Words.
- All Existing Words contains every English word used once in random order.
- Field Fragment uses blue tiles for the sky, balanced on a metal rod over sand.
- Smaller bronze busts are painted to look like clay and appear fragmentary.
- Exhibition runs until July 31, 2026.
Entities
Artists
- Mark Manders
Institutions
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Locations
- New York
- United States