Wyatt Kahn: Life in the Abstract
Over the past ten years, Kahn has examined the spatial relationship between painting and sculpture to construct a visual vocabulary of representational and abstract forms that integrate formal concerns with materials from everyday life. His new works are playful narrative compositions with oversized figurative icons taken from domestic life.  For instance, in Parade, a foot is about to crush a lightbulb. Each sculpture comprises numerous sections of steel that have been welded together into block-like forms, their front and back mirroring each other to create an illusion of drawing in space. The deep, rusted red tone of the sculptures is a result of the natural weathering process of Cor-Ten steel, contrasting with the lush green foliage the LongHouse garden.

Wyatt Kahn: Life in the Abstract was originally presented by Public Art Fund in New York City at City Hall Park, from June 8, 2022 - Feb 26, 2023

Wyatt Kahn, USA
Parade, 2021
Corten Steel
Courtesy the artist, Gallery Eva Presenhuber and Xavier Hugkens

Wyatt Kahn, USA
Painting the Painter, 2021
Corten Steel
Courtesy the artist, Gallery Eva Presenhuber and Xavier Hugkens

Wyatt Kahn, USA
Umbrella, 2021
Corten Steel
Courtesy the artist, Gallery Eva Presenhuber and Xavier Hugkens