This pick of the week is easy: Sheila Hicks' exhibition at Sikkema Jenkins, on view through June 2. The artist, born in 1934, has been making work for more than five decades; this is her first show at the gallery with perhaps the best taste in Chelsea.
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| Sheila Hicks "Androise" (mono filament, linen slate) 2005 |
Using interesting materials with great intelligence to make objects of unusual beauty is close to the pinnacle of art for me, and Hicks is a champion in this respect, deploying textiles (and the occasional stone or feather) to make sculpture/paintings that are exquisite: a Minimalist aesthetic that delivers with maximum effect.
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| Sheila Hicks (linen, porcupine quills) |
Enough with the words. Just look.
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| Sheila Hicks "Masonry II" (linen) 1972-73 |
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