Wait, It's a Gallery Too?

Curated & produced by Culture Corp. Commissioned by Hudson Yards.

FRANCESCO CLEMENTE
Italian, b. 1952. Based in India and New York.
@clementestudio

Wishing Stars, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 1

Francesco Clemente is a contemporary Italian artist known for paintings based on esoteric themes and characterized by an experimentation with symbols, portraiture and the human form. As one of the most recognized figures of the Neo-Expressionist movement, he works across a variety of mediums including oil painting, installation, textiles and watercolor. Clemente is represented by Mary Boone Gallery.

WILL COTTON
American, b. 1965. Based in New York City.
@willcottonnyc

What to Wear in Candyland, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 1

Will Cotton is a painter whose work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets and human subjects. Weaving cultural iconography into compositions in which figures wear elaborate garments he makes himself, Cotton’s work has been interpreted as both a celebration and criticism of consumer culture. He is represented by Mary Boone Gallery.

RACHEL FEINSTEIN
American, b. 1971. Based in New York City.
@rachelfeinsteinstudio

Romeo and Juliet, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 1

In richly detailed sculptures, performances and installations, Rachel Feinstein investigates the concept of eighteenth and nineteenth century European luxury by putting it in contemporary context. Synthesizing visual and societal opposites such as the marvelous and the banal, she explores issues of taste and desire. Feinstein is represented by Gagosian Gallery.

RICO GATSON
American, b. 1966. Based in New York City.
@rico_gatson

Hidden in plain sight, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 2

Rico Gatson’s striking artworks combine supergraphics and compelling geometric shapes with images from black history. His exhibition highlights include Beacons, a site-specific MTA Arts commission in New York’s 167th Street Station, as well as a solo show at The Studio of Harlem, New York.

JEANETTE HAYES
American, b. 1988. Based in New York City.
@jeanettehayes

rules for viewing: only look during visiting hours. rules for reflection: hahahaha, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 2

Jeanette Hayes is a painter and multimedia artist who addresses the traditional preservation of non-traditional technological imagery through painting, video, Photoshop work and internet collages. Her interests include cultural phenomena and the confrontation of conventionality and subject matter. She has been exhibited at The Hole Gallery in New York, along with multiple print collaborations with Exhibition A and others.

DEBORAH KASS
American, b. 1952. Based in New York City
@debkass

#OYYO OY/YO for HY, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 2

Deborah Kass uses a wide breadth of materials to explore the crossroads between art history, pop culture and the self. Known for her paintings, sculptures and neon light installations, Kass appropriates a variety of techniques and source material to produce social, political and historical commentary.

WILLIE COLE
American, b. 1955. Based in New Jersey.
@williecoleart

Wheels, Totems, and Wishes, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 3

Willie Cole is a conceptual artist known for recycling and repurposing everyday objects to make transformative sculptures and installations that collapse past, present and future into a single NOW. His exhibition highlights include The Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, DC, and San Francisco Museum of Art. He is represented by Alexander and Bonin Gallery in New York.

DONALD ROBERTSON
Canadian, b 1962. Based in Los Angeles.
@drawbertson

LOVE THY SELFIE, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 3

Donald Robertson, or Drawbertson as he is better known on Instagram, is a prolific illustrator and pop artist, whose work you may find painted on walnuts or Birkins. Although Robertson has been a longtime creative fixture, it has been his social media presence that propelled him, and his zeitgeist works, to international fame.

LARA SCHNITGER
Dutch-American, b. 1969. Based in Los Angeles.
@laraschnitger

I WAS HERE, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 3

Lara Schnitger’s work crosses the boundaries of installation, sculpture, fashion, architecture and collage as she interplays “soft” and “hard” elements—wood and resin in combination with leather, fur, silk, cotton and Lycra, for example. By incorporating materials traditionally associated with female labor, her work often doubles as protest signs, with text that champions feminist viewpoints. She is represented by Anton Kern Gallery and Grice Bench.

SERBAN IONESCU
Romanian, b. 1984. Based in New York.
@serbanserban

Kipsy (1)(2)(3), 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 4

Serban Ionescu blurs the boundary between sculpture and design: his work stems primarily from the automatic act of drawing. Ionesu’s loose instinctual line and vibrant pops of color expand into a sculptural collage/assemblage. These pet-like objects, shaky and skewed, poetically and playfully collapse gesture into form.

MISAKI KAWAI
Japanese, b. 1978. Based in Copenhagen and Los Angeles.
@misakikawai

Combing Season,
2019 LOCATED ON LEVEL 4

Born to an architect father and a mother who liked to sew and make puppets, Misaki Kawai seems to have absorbed the talents of both. The unique result maintains an innocent, honest integrity of adolescent playfulness, but on a grand level. Using a visual language that is influenced by East and West, Kawai combines humor with tragedy, reality with dream, conflict with harmony. She is represented by The Hole in New York, V1 Gallery in Copenhagen and Take Ninagawa in Tokyo.

ROB PRUITT
American, b. 1964. Based in New York City.
@robpruitt5000

f(untitled), faces, 2019
LOCATED ON LEVEL 4

Rob Pruitt is a contemporary American artist working in painting, installation and sculpture, although he does not identify with a single style or medium. Translating personal and biographical experience into broader socio-political statements, his work is eclectic and ironic, often striving to achieve a spectacle while retaining a sense of social, cultural or artistic critique. Pruitt is represented by Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.