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3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Mario Merz’s igloos and spirals at Dia Beacon; Mernet Larsen’s mysterious representational paintings; and a group show, “Everybody Dies!,” explores mortality.
Mario Merz’s “Is Space Bent or Straight?” (1973) is made of glass propped around a metal armature and has a typewriter with an ad hoc poem sitting in it. Credit.Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/SIAE, Rome; Bill Jacobson Studio
Published Jan. 13, 2021Updated Jan. 29, 2021
Mario Merz
On long-term view. Dia Beacon, 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, N.Y.; 845-440-0100, diaart.org.
Mario Merz’s sculptural installations look a bit different from some of the austere Minimalist and land art works that form the core of Dia Beacon’s collection. For one thing, Merz’s sculptures use organic materials like fresh fruit, vegetables and twigs rather than the industrial materials like steel. The Merz show, however, artfully connects key 20th-century European movements with American on