Bortolami is pleased to present a two-person exhibition with Lena Henke and Michael Craig-Martin in the Upstairs. Staged in a former loft converted into a gallery space, the show combines the interiors of home with the outside world.
In this unique pairing, the two artists’ off-kilter, vividly multi-colored sculptures and paintings offer imaginative approaches to quotidian household objects. Craig-Martin’s sleek acrylic paintings of idealized household sundries, fruit, and flora meet Henke’s miniaturized houses and ceramic lily pads, along with her rubber-coated, 3-D milled kitchen appliances.
Works
The mind is like an umbrella Its most useful when open (Saftpresse), 2022
Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey (Kaffee), 2022
Form Follows Feminine (Kueche), 2022
Untitled (apple red), 2022
Lily Pad, 2022
Orange Shelter, 2022
Untitled (tulip), 2020
Untitled (flesh), 2009
Baby Blue House after Orsini, 2021
Cranberry House after Orsini, 2021
Bumblebee House after Orsini, 2021
Untitled (purple/turquoise), 2009
Untitled (magenta), 2009