Carolyn Salas

May 28, 2015 – July 10, 2015 459 West 19th Street

Carolyn Salas, installation view — Carolyn Salas Installation view 2015

Carolyn Salas, Breakups No. 1 — Carolyn Salas Breakups No. 1 2015 Painted resin 72" x 61" in.

Carolyn Salas, Breakups No. 1, detail — Carolyn Salas Breakups No. 1, detail 2015 Painted resin

Carolyn Salas, Breakups No. 2 — Carolyn Salas Breakups No. 2 2015 Painted resin 72" x 61" in.

Carolyn Salas, Breakups No. 3 — Carolyn Salas Breakups No. 3 2015 Painted resin 72" x 61" in.

Carolyn Salas, Cut Out No. 3 — Carolyn Salas Cut Out No. 3 2015 Hydrocal, fiberglass, steel armature 98 x 48 x 16 in.

Carolyn Salas, Movement Studies No. 2 — Carolyn Salas Movement Studies No. 2 2015 Cast hydrocal and graphite 34 x 32 x 3.5 in.

Carolyn Salas, Movement Studies No. 3 — Carolyn Salas Movement Studies No. 3 2015 Cast hydrocal, graphite powder, sealant on metal base Overall: 46 x 36 x 22.5 in.

Carolyn Salas, Movement Studies No. 4 — Carolyn Salas Movement Studies No. 4 2015 Cast hydrocal, graphite powder, sealant on metal base Overall: 54 x 36 x 22.5 in.

Carolyn Salas, Untitled No. 9 — Carolyn Salas Untitled No. 9 2015 Aqua-resin, fiberglass, lacquer paint 32 x 24 3/8 x 2 in.

Carolyn Salas, Untitled No. 11 — Carolyn Salas Untitled No. 11 2015 Aqua-resin, fiberglass, paint 90 x 45 1/2 x 4 in.

Images: Jeffrey Sturges

Press Release

Koenig & Clinton is pleased to present the gallery’s first solo exhibition of recent and new sculptures by Brooklyn-based artist Carolyn Salas. The presentation includes large-scale wall reliefs as well as freestanding sculptures that highlight the artist’s skillful manipulation of one material to emulate another. With wry economy, the artist reimagines the properties of salvaged materials.

Salas’ sculptural practice shuttles between tactile verisimilitude and visual cues. Rooted in her central intention to push the elastic possibilities of her medium, the precise rendering of life-like detail coyly subsumes multiple production processes. The large, lead-colored Untitled (2013) underscores this focus, hanging on the wall like a drawn line escaped from the page. Hinged at its two upper corners, its belly droops as if molten and succumbing to gravitational pull.

Carolyn Salas has attended residencies at the Abrons Art Center A.I.R. Space Program and The NARS Foundation, New York, NY; Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY; the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; and the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM. She has also been a Chashama Studio Space recipient, and an Elizabeth Foundation Studio Program/Space awardee. Selected exhibitions include the Berkshire Museum, Berkshire MA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara; Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA; Casey Kaplan, Koenig & Clinton, Brookfield Arts, SPRING/BREAK Art Show and Kate Werble Gallery, New York, Mrs., Maspeth, NY; Terrault Contemporary and Towson University, Baltimore, MD; Páramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico; and NADA Special Projects, Miami, FL.

Review Of Carloyn Salas @ Koenig & Clinton in the Brooklyn Rail