Gorgeous hypnotic geometries infest the Deitch Wooster Street space: Hypnogoogia cometh. The main floor features massive spheres, a colorful teleconferenced ottoman, and a wave pillar — but the best stuff here is hidden. On the floor below (and criminally invisible in the Deitch site installation photos) is one of the most stunning pieces of dynamic art I’ve seen in some time. You step down into the space and see a multitude of fans causing circular boards to spin. You tiptoe through these for fear of bumping them and slowly realize there are a lot more of these things than it originally seemed. Finally, you reach the rear wall. Turning around, it’s impossible to take it all in at once: psychedelic pinwheels of all sizes, shapes and colors, each spinning with their own rhythm. The phonecam shot above doesn’t do the spectacle justice, but it hints. If you unfocus your eyes, the kaleidoscopic effect is just stunning.
Also hidden (in an area that looks like it might lead to a bathroom or storage closet) is a set of mirrors creating an illusion that reads quite similarly to the spheres out on the main floor. However, this sphere floats in space pulsing and changing textures beautifully, providing a prefect counterpoint to the physicality of the other pieces and a nice homage to the clear inspiration for the exhibit overall: kaleidoscopes.
At Deitch on Grand we caught Kehinde Wiley’s clever mash-ups of “everyday folks” from Harlem and classic paintings of conquerors and kings on its last day. At once colorfully jovial and thoughtful, these paintings seem to be asking questions about mythmaking and the meaning of heroism — aptly titled Rumors of War.
With these two and the astonishing Swoon exhibit earlier this year, Deitch continues to generate much love from these quarters. So good.
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