With highly visceral, map-like drawings, hypnotic video work, and voluptuous ceramic vessels, New York artist Katy Schimert draws forth the sensory experiences integral to the drama of Oedipus Rex and its timeless themes of self-awareness, desire, and destiny…
I can’t say that I feel an unalloyed attraction to the art in Katy Schimert’s latest gallery show in New York, but I like its nerve and willingness to be itself, which at this point in her development seems to mean being a bit old-fashioned…