Maren Hassinger @ Dia:Beacon

Happy New Year!
I always like to start my year visiting museums. 
This year the first one on my list was Dia:Beacon.
I was particularly impressed with Maren Hassinger’s installation, “Field”, originally from 1983.

This work consists of 182 bundles industrial wire rope. The bundles are positioned in a 13X14 grid formation.

Each piece of the metal rope has been an untwisted. Bouquets of undulating lines appear to be growing out of the gallery floor. Hassinger uses man made ,mass produced industrial supplies but manages create an organic feeling . By imposing the mathematical grid structure  onto the chaotic lines of the unravelling ropes “Field” offers us an interesting dichotomy of abstract expression.

“Magic Books and Paper Toys” @ Center for Book Arts

If you are looking for a creative activity in NYC … Esther K. Smith will be teaching a two day workshop based on her book “Magic Books and and Paper Toys” at the Center for Book Arts on Saturday, January 20th and Sunday, January 21st. Mathematics plays a role in some of theses book structures, like Flexagons. I will be visiting the class on Sunday January 21st.
You can register on the CBA website through this Saturday.