Few artists swing from paintings and works on paper, clear across to sculpture that approaches design and then onto glazed ceramics, but Mary Heilmann remains supreme when it comes to producing such a distinctively diverse oeuvre. The 303 Gallery in Chelsea, New York is now showcasing her latest creative endeavors for their latest exhibition, ‘Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, Etc.’ which features forty-five works.
Vivid colors mark Heilmann’s palette. ‘As to her paintings with their sharp geometric forms, Mary frequently takes waves as well as roads and reinterprets them visually,’ says Christian Alexa, 303 Gallery’s director. Yellow lines stretching down black asphalt delineate Heilmann’s ‘Highway, My Way’, but when it comes to the ocean, she often veers away from the requisite blue waves. For example, Heilmann turns to soft pink, stacked geometric forms against a white background for her Rose Wave.
Best known for the chairs that lay strewn like a blaze of vibrant confetti on the Whitney Museum of American Art terrace as part of their inaugural exhibition, 303 gallery is also sporting her riffs on the simple, painted plywood Adirondack chair, which the artist sees as sculpture. So arranged in a circular pattern at the gallery are Heilmann’s Sunny Chaises in yellow and blue, that they form the perfect perch to take in this exhibition.
There’s also a set of ceramic cups, complete with saucers in brilliant blue, turquoise and red, to match. ‘As Mary has said a number of times, art has no limits,’ adds Alexa.
The pieces on display range from paintings and works on paper to furniture-like sculptures and ceramics
Vivid colors mark Heilmann’s palette
’Mary frequently takes waves as well as roads and reinterprets them visually,’ says Christian Alexa, 303 Gallery’s director. Pictured: Rose Wave, 2015
Heilmann is probably best known for her version of the painted Adirondack chair, which were featured in the Whitney Museum of Art’s inugural exhibition at its downtown location
INFORMATION
‘Mary Heilmann Geometrics: Waves, Roads, Etc.’ is on view at 303 Gallery until 19 December, website
Photography: Courtesy of the artist and 303 Gallery, New York
ADDRESS
303 Gallery
507 West 24th Street
New York
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