From Art News.
“Power,” not unlike a sheet of Bounty paper towels, “is disposable,” the artist Will Ryman told me over the phone earlier this week. Known for addressing politics through material metaphors, the artist has used this analysis as the basis for Freedom (2014), a sculpture recently unveiled in a quiet corner of the Shelborne Hotel bar.
Commissioned by hotel owners and art collectors Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Paul Kanavos, Freedom (2014) recreates the iconic pressed-steel forms of a Harley Davidson, down to the chain, gas cap, and texture of the leather seat, almost entirely in Bounty paper towels—approximately 20 rolls or so, fortified with resin and glue. Continue reading.
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