Jim Drain is a master collaborator. A member of fondly remembered
Providence collective Forcefield and a cofounder of artist-run Miami gallery
Bas Fisher Invitational, Drain has also worked on several public projects,
including an installation for the Moroccan embassy that he produced with
students from the Rhode Island School of Design.
“Utopia
Muscle” (the title comes from novelist Junot Díaz’s conjoining of optimism and
activism) features an array of casually flamboyant sculptures made from
multicolored, multitextured agglomerations of material, including ribbon, rope,
twine, Plexiglas, chicken wire and recycled clothes. Interspersed between these
looming, shaggy forms are the painted stones of an equally eccentric “rock
garden,” embellished with glitter, fabric scraps and plastic toys to create
tiny dioramas. Three jewel-like paintings round out the show, among them Jazz
Kills Nazis in the Peaceable Kingdom; as far as propositions go, the idea of
music defeating fascism sounds like a good one to me.
Venue name:
Nathalie Karg Gallery
VENUE
Address: 291 Grand St New York City
Cross
street: between Allen and Eldridge Sts
Opening
hours: Wed–Sun 11am–6pm
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