Pursuits
Vixens for $190,000, Phallic Owl, Dazzling Grid: Hot Art
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Warm up for Halloween with the zombie-like vixens in Ashley Bickerton’s new show “Mitochondrial Eve/Viral Mother” at Lehmann Maupin Gallery’s Lower East Side outpost. They sport bulging eyes and cigarette necklaces.
The faces appear on perforated wooden or resin surfaces, festooned with thick blobs of paint, flowers, beads, seashells, rotting pieces of food, butterflies and insects.