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Mark Handforth - Half-Sleep-City - Exhibitions - Luhring Augustine

Luhring Augustine is pleased to announce Half-Sleep-City, an exhibition of new works by Mark Handforth. Marking the artist’s first solo show with the gallery, the exhibition will be on view in our Tribeca location from May 6 to July 28. Complementing the presentation, Handforth’s new public sculpture, Franklin Street Four, will be installed across the street through November 2023.

By employing elemental shapes, Handforth’s sculptures evoke a familiarity – not trees, not chimneys, not figures, and yet suggesting all of them at the same time. A twisting shank might be a ring, or a four, or any number of other recognizable shapes, bending where it will, where it can. Solid in their bearing but loose in their movement, the sculptures almost appear to be animate, to be simply making themselves. His sinuous, meandering forms draw directly from the lived landscape without ever directly picturing it; they situate themselves as things to be dealt with, dancers in your place and space, awkwardly beautiful. As at ease outside on the street as they are inside a room, the works exist in the world as part of one looping conversation.

The exhibition brings together a collection of Handforth’s new sculptures that showcase the artist’s signature lexicon. Inside the gallery, a beam bows into a casual star, a large copper cylinder curls into a twisted ring, and a handful of ghostly oversized burnt matchsticks loom. Gathered in the center of the space, an installation of brightly colored tubes appear to sprout up from the floor, their forms gently curve like rising smoke, swaying against the regimented iron columns of the architecture. Outside on a median called Barnett Newman Triangle, stands Franklin Street Four. The hot-pink color of the bending pilar is an homage to Dan Flavin’s untitled (to Barnett Newman) two (1971), a light portrait of Newman, whose studio used to overlook this triangle in Tribeca. The outdoor installation is presented as part of NYC Parks’ Art in the Parks program.

Mark Handforth was born in Hong Kong in 1969 and grew up in London; he currently lives and works in Miami and New York. He completed his studies in the early 1990s at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, and at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Significant solo shows include White-Light-Whirlwind, San Carlo, Cremona, Italy; Dr Pepper, ICA Miami; Smoke, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy; Sidewalk Island, Governors Island, New York; Rolling Stop, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; MCA Chicago Plaza Project: Mark Handforth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. His work is in the collection of major international institutions including the Dallas Museum of Art; Carnegie Museum of Art, Philadelphia; Museo Jumex, Mexico City; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; LUMA Foundation, Arles; Fonds régional d’art contemporain (FRAC), France; The Pinault Collection, Paris; Le Consortium, Dijon; Mairie de la Ville de Paris; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Perez Art Museum, Miami; Rachofsky Collection, Dallas; Région Rhône-Alpes, France; Rubell Museum, Miami; Speed Art Museum, Louisville; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Artworks Nested Slideshow

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Mark Handforth
Banded Flame, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
104 x 12 x 12 inches
(264.2 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Banded Flame, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
104 x 12 x 12 inches
(264.2 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Harlequin Star, 2023
Aluminum, prismatic foils, and LED light
80 x 68 x 28 inches
(203.2 x 172.7 x 71.1 cm)

Mark Handforth
Harlequin Star, 2023
Aluminum, prismatic foils, and LED light
80 x 68 x 28 inches
(203.2 x 172.7 x 71.1 cm)

Mark Handforth
Cat, 2023
Cast Aluminum
102 x 13 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 33 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Cat, 2023
Cast Aluminum
102 x 13 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 33 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Red Ends, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
97 x 12 x 12 inches
(246.4 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Red Ends, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
97 x 12 x 12 inches
(246.4 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Ash, 2023
Cast Aluminum
114 x 22 x 12 inches
(289.6 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Ash, 2023
Cast Aluminum
114 x 22 x 12 inches
(289.6 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Dark Light, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
112 x 12 x 12 inches
(284.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Dark Light, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
112 x 12 x 12 inches
(284.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Half-Sleep City, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
102 x 12 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Half-Sleep City, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
102 x 12 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Cherry Smoke, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
101 x 12 x 12 inches
(256.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Cherry Smoke, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
101 x 12 x 12 inches
(256.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Lucid Green (dream), 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
95 x 12 x 12 inches
(241.3 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Lucid Green (dream), 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
95 x 12 x 12 inches
(241.3 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Hypnagogic Candy, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
103 x 12 x 12 inches
(261.6 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Hypnagogic Candy, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
103 x 12 x 12 inches
(261.6 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Serpent Belt, 2023
Stainless steel, bronze, copper coating, and polyurethane paint
36 x 96 x 96 inches
(91.4 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm)

Mark Handforth
Serpent Belt, 2023
Stainless steel, bronze, copper coating, and polyurethane paint
36 x 96 x 96 inches
(91.4 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm)

Mark Handforth
Form-Constant Orange, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
92 x 12 x 12 inches
(233.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Form-Constant Orange, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
92 x 12 x 12 inches
(233.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Yellow Violet Sky, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
81 x 12 x 12 inches
(205.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Yellow Violet Sky, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
81 x 12 x 12 inches
(205.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Bela Lugosi, 2023
Cast Aluminum
109 x 24 x 12 inches
(276.9 x 61 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Bela Lugosi, 2023
Cast Aluminum
109 x 24 x 12 inches
(276.9 x 61 x 30.5 cm)

Mark Handforth
Banded Flame, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
104 x 12 x 12 inches
(264.2 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Harlequin Star, 2023
Aluminum, prismatic foils, and LED light
80 x 68 x 28 inches
(203.2 x 172.7 x 71.1 cm)
Mark Handforth
Cat, 2023
Cast Aluminum
102 x 13 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 33 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Red Ends, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
97 x 12 x 12 inches
(246.4 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Ash, 2023
Cast Aluminum
114 x 22 x 12 inches
(289.6 x 55.9 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Dark Light, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
112 x 12 x 12 inches
(284.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Half-Sleep City, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
102 x 12 x 12 inches
(259.1 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Cherry Smoke, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
101 x 12 x 12 inches
(256.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Lucid Green (dream), 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
95 x 12 x 12 inches
(241.3 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Hypnagogic Candy, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
103 x 12 x 12 inches
(261.6 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Serpent Belt, 2023
Stainless steel, bronze, copper coating, and polyurethane paint
36 x 96 x 96 inches
(91.4 x 243.8 x 243.8 cm)
Mark Handforth
Form-Constant Orange, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
92 x 12 x 12 inches
(233.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Yellow Violet Sky, 2023
Aluminum and polyurethane paint 
81 x 12 x 12 inches
(205.7 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Mark Handforth
Bela Lugosi, 2023
Cast Aluminum
109 x 24 x 12 inches
(276.9 x 61 x 30.5 cm)

Installation Views

Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City
Mark Handforth speaking about his exhibition, Half-Sleep-City

Mark Handforth speaking about his exhibition, Half-Sleep-City
May 6 – July 28, 2023
Luhring Augustine Tribeca, New York

Mark Handforth Half-Sleep-City

Mark Handforth
Half-Sleep-City
Installation video
May 6 – July 28, 2023
Luhring Augustine Tribeca, New York

Mark Handforth, Half-Sleep-City at Luhring Augustine Tribeca and Franklin Street Four at Barnett Newman Triangle, New York

Mark Handforth

Half-Sleep-City at Luhring Augustine Tribeca and Franklin Street Four at Barnett Newman Triangle, New York

Mark Handforth  Franklin Street Four

Mark Handforth 
Franklin Street Four
Installation at Barnett Newman Triangle
White Street between Church Street and 6th Avenue, New York
May – November 2023

Contact

For information on the artist, please contact Julia Speed at julia@luhringaugustine.com.

For press requests, please contact Caroline Burghardt at caroline@luhringaugustine.com.

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