Chicken or beef? One of life’s eternal questions, at least if you flew transatlantic in the 1970s. These days airlines try to make sure there is something on the menu for everyone, and that’s what curator Jesper Elg has done in gathering together his collection of figurative paintings, inspired by that question of choice, at The Hole in New York.
While all the works have real objects as their core reference, the difference in styles is as marked as you’d expect with 34 artists from both sides of the Atlantic involved. There’s everything here from the colourful surrealism of Ella Kruglyanskaya’s Lips and Legs to the darker interpretation of Taylor McKimen’s Turnin’ Night into Day, and a host of non-human subjects pepper this melting pot. While there are vast differences between the works he has chosen, Elg does not seek to separate the two regions into opposing camps; instead the selections show a unity of sorts which you can explore at the gallery until 20th April.
Taylor McKimens
Turnin’ Night Into Day, 2013
Acrylic, flashe and gouache on canvas
84 x 60 inches
213.4 x 152.4 cm
Devin Troy Strother
Bitch Sit Still I’m Trying to Render Right Now, 2013
Acrylic and paper on wood
11 x 14 inches
27.9 x 35.6 cm
Ella Kruglyanskaya
Lips & Legs II, 2012
Oil and oil bar on linen
80 x 65 inches
203.2 x 165.1 cm
