Paula Cooper Gallery to debut never-before-seen Mark di Suvero kinetic sculpture
From May 2nd to July 17th, Paula Cooper Gallery will showcase an exhibition featuring large-scale sculptures and drawings by Mark di Suvero. The highlight of the exhibition is Avanti! (circa late 1990s), which will be displayed for the first time. This kinetic sculpture includes a twenty-three-foot-long horizontal beam suspended within a vertical steel circle, with an intersecting beam supporting a small platform that rocks back and forth when a viewer shifts their weight. Created in the late 1990s, Avanti! incorporates earlier elements from di Suvero's work and was crafted in his outdoor studio in Long Island City. Additionally, the main gallery will feature Nelly (1986), a sculpture made of intersecting steel I-beams linked by a curved, hand-cut piece.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs May 2 to July 17 at Paula Cooper Gallery
- Avanti! is a kinetic sculpture from the late 1990s
- Sculpture includes a 23-foot horizontal beam in a vertical steel circle
- Viewer can rock the work by shifting weight on a small platform
- Avanti! was produced in di Suvero's Long Island City studio
- Nelly (1986) will also be on view
- Nelly is made of intersecting steel I-beams with a curved hand-cut element
- This is the first public showing of Avanti!
Entities
Artists
- Mark di Suvero
Institutions
- Paula Cooper Gallery
Locations
- Long Island City
- New York City
- United States