City Wheel 4, detail
Miami’s art world is starting to buzz as Art Basel draws closer to the horizon, and Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk always brings a slew of fresh new shows. Saturday night, Philadelphia-based artist and craftsman James McNabb’s solo show “Metros” opened at the Robert Fontaine Gallery. While I had every intention of making an appearance at this month’s Art Walk for the show, it just wasn’t in the cards. Instead, I swung by Robert’s gallery mid-week to have a look at the new works.
McNabb creates intricate, otherworldly cityscape sculptures in beautiful geometric compositions, like wheels, tables and cubes using scrap wood and a bandsaw. His work explores the sociological construct of cities: their beauty, uniqueness and, oftentimes, their overdevelopment. The resulting works are fascinating, almost like child’s play, yet decidedly sophisticated and beautiful. They’re fun pieces to study and marvel over the details. I highly recommend checking it out if you find yourself in the neighborhood before the show closes on October 28.
Next up for the gallery is Nick Gentry’s “Synthetic Daydream” opening November 8 during Art Walk, a must see show featuring the London-based artist’s mixed media portraits composed of obsolete technology, like floppy discs and film negatives.
