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Installation view Christina Kruse: Plasterheads (2021). Courtesy of Helwaser Gallery.
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What You Need to Know: German artist Christina Kruse has honed a distinctive sculptural lexicon of abstracted figural forms, oftentimes balancing rounded shapes against plinth-like rectangles. In her new exhibition “Plasterheads” at New York’s Helwaser Gallery, the artist presents recent sculpture, including
Lunapark (2021), a never-before-seen installation of a miniature world in which itty-bitty figure-like maquettes appear set amid architectural elements. Also on view is an installation of four sculptures, with contrasting volumetric forms. Made of wood, marble, plaster, and soapstone, these works offer a calming sense of steadiness.