So, Psionic closed. Bummer, sure, but for those willing to look a little deeper into 25th St., there are eye-openers galore. Walk into the Hilderbrand, for example, and one sees a photo of what look like cheetah-print curtains. Then multitudes of sparkling violet moths, then filing cabinets stretching off into the sterile distance. Justine Cooper’s “Saved by Science” — photography of the Museum of Natural History’s archives — is both beautiful and unsettling. Don’t miss the video in the back, which juxtaposes sounds of the animals in the wild with video of the archive’s halls. Punctuation.
Significantly more hidden (in the bowels of building 511 to be specific) is the breathtaking work of Markus Linnenbrink at Thatcher. The colors leap out at you from all corners but it’s the drilled epoxy marble-like perfection of recent pieces like Untererecheeckerot (above) and Whatabouttomorrow that simply rivets. The texture has to be seen first hand to be believed (though here’s a bad phonecam shot). Gorgeously overloaded.
Others worth visiting on 25th include Karen Bennicke’s “Action Architectones” sculptures and Martina Mullaney’s “Turn In” photos of beds in hostels and homeless shelters.
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