![](https://lh4.ggpht.com/_epjs1myQAeY/TaPNKxEVUjI/AAAAAAAADNk/9otkvsPI4XA/s288/193.jpg)
Despite feeling a slight aversion to Dumbo recently, I am quite happy to have made it to Smack Mellon this past Sunday for the closing of David Henderson: A History of Aviation-Part 2 as well as The Window Series by Shannon Plumb (which will be featured in a separate post). Later that evening, I attended a life drawing class at the studio of Peter Cusack on Jay Street, and it was the perfect opportunity to pop by the gallery.
![](https://lh5.ggpht.com/_epjs1myQAeY/TaPhcasgQOI/AAAAAAAADNw/uFdTrIC-ZEc/s288/193.jpg)
I hadn’t been to Smack Mellon’s new location since they relocated. David Henderson’s installation, based on the Late Gothic, vaulted ceiling of Bath Abbey, was both a ship sail frozen in a geometric billowing state and a gauzy web. The construction appeared to be light yet dense and was large enough to walk around and step into. The brick and aged wooden beams, a natural element of the gallery space, juxtaposed against the stark white architecturally designed forms also teamed with the view of the converging bridges in Dumbo, couldn’t have been installed better.
![](https://lh5.ggpht.com/_epjs1myQAeY/TaPNMkJrqII/AAAAAAAADNs/hP5jGBx_tYU/s288/198.jpg)
David utilizes a 3D computer modeling program before commencing upon the construction. The piece has been made using Styrofoam, fiberglass, carbon fiber and a fabric “skin” that is aircraft grade. The exhibit was on view from March 5th-April 10th and corresponded with Smack Mellon’s Artist Studio Program and the Verge Art Fair.
More soon!
xo
— Posted from my iPhone
Http://www.katyhamer.com
xo
— Posted from my iPhone
Http://www.katyhamer.com