Esther Klas, Better Energy, on view at MoMA PS1 From the press release: «Klas’ plaster, ceramic, resin, and concrete sculptures are usually made using very basic forms of casting, which the artist does herself, alone in her studio. They lack decoration; what color appears on their surfaces is never applied after the fact, but instead is introduced by the artist early in the casting process. Kläs embraces the variable possibilities that arise from her methods of production, deriving a freedom from the structures and procedures she puts in place. Her works are constructed from the inside out, and the visible indices of their making delicately undermine their outwardly monolithic appearance»
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Esther Klas, Better Energy, on view at MoMA PS1

From the press release: «Klas’ plaster, ceramic, resin, and concrete sculptures are usually made using very basic forms of casting, which the artist does herself, alone in her studio. They lack decoration; what color appears on their surfaces is never applied after the fact, but instead is introduced by the artist early in the casting process. Kläs embraces the variable possibilities that arise from her methods of production, deriving a freedom from the structures and procedures she puts in place. Her works are constructed from the inside out, and the visible indices of their making delicately undermine their outwardly monolithic appearance»

Ken Johnson on Favaretto’s exhibition at MoMA PS1: «Because Ms. Favaretto relies so much on devices that were once revolutionary and are now deadeningly familiar, it is hard to appreciate the poetry of futility, disappointment and even grief that animates her work. But it is there, muffled though it may be by her hyper-cerebral reticence». http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/arts/design/lara-favarettos-just-knocked-out-at-moma-ps1.html 
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Ken Johnson on Favaretto’s exhibition at MoMA PS1:

«Because Ms. Favaretto relies so much on devices that were once revolutionary and are now deadeningly familiar, it is hard to appreciate the poetry of futility, disappointment and even grief that animates her work. But it is there, muffled though it may be by her hyper-cerebral reticence».

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/arts/design/lara-favarettos-just-knocked-out-at-moma-ps1.html 

Lara Favaretto, Just Knocked Out, on view at MoMA PS1 From the press release: «Favaretto represents the eventuality of loss through a recuperative memorialization, often recycling elements from previous installations as new works, reusing discarded industrial materials, and encasing found paintings in loose tapestries of wool yarn. The memorial form is pointedly evoked in a series that the artist calls “momentary monuments”».
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Lara Favaretto, Just Knocked Out, on view at MoMA PS1

From the press release: «Favaretto represents the eventuality of loss through a recuperative memorialization, often recycling elements from previous installations as new works, reusing discarded industrial materials, and encasing found paintings in loose tapestries of wool yarn. The memorial form is pointedly evoked in a series that the artist calls “momentary monuments”».