FOR 10/19

JEFF BAILEY PRESENT MIKE PETER SMITH

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NEW YORK CITY — Jeff Bailey Gallery presents Mike Peter Smith, “Void Thoughts on Remote Time,” an exhibition of new sculpture on view through November 10.

In detailed sculptures derived from the human skull, Smith elaborates on the idea of “Memento Mori”; transforming it into arrange of mythic apparitions, narrative landscapes and anthropological references to past, present and future.

The exhibition includes flying pterosaurs, circling overhead. Miniature battleships loom on the horizon. Palm trees grow from unlikely sources. Dark pools of water reflect ancient caves. In Smith’s world of dry bone and outdated industrial relics, the water still flows and the clock keeps ticking.

This is Smith’s second solo exhibition at the gallery. His sculptures have been included in group exhibitions at Art In General, The Bronx Museum of Arts, Exit Art, Lehmann Maupin Gallery and the Queens Museum of Art. He received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BFA from The University of Utah.

The gallery is at 511 West 25th Street, no. 207. For information, 212-989-0156 or www.baileygallery.com.