Real Steel: Two Sculptors Dot Chelsea with Great, Mammoth Work
Within a three-block radius in West Chelsea, two larger-than-life steel sculptures, Mark di Suvero’s Luney Breakout at Paula Cooper Gallery and Monika Sosnowska’s Tower at Hauser & Wirth, are providing an auspicious moment for sculpture-lovers to reflect upon the art’s always-mutating timeline. And despite a nearly 40-year age gap and a world of cultural differences between the artists, both share an important quality that makes them game-changers within their respective eras.