Entering Andrea Rosen Gallery last weekend I was instantly drawn into the large installations by David Altmejd. These large plexi cases were filled with plaster hands, heads, threads, insects, and precious gems... a strange, interesting and scientific mix of objects which ultimately formed a painfully detailed diarama of decay.
The subjects are less about death than the transition into something else, a transformation that seems to mimic a change from man to animal in a series of tunnels and almost vein like structures. These tunnels morph into one another and suggest a biological transfer of energy from human parts into nature; crystalized formations, insects, and infinite webs.
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