Arrechea is clearly not a cliché meister. One point of clarification: These sculptures are not bromides they are not mini-me replicas of the buildings they sit adjacent to. The sculptures stand near the buildings of inspiration, making the dialogue lucid. Courthouse and Empire State Building, in a series of approximately 20-foot-tall, stainless-steel sculptures temporarily on display across a 20-block stretch of green-zone median on Park Avenue. 4Īrrechea’s latest body of work is a sociopolitical and formal meditation on NYC icons, such as the Chrysler Building, U.S.

So here goes…writing theory with my left hand and dirty judgment with my right. 3 So, what to do with Arrechea’s genius? He deserves more than the usual narration. With art history’s grand narrative annulled (thanks, Arthur Danto), one might think art criticism’s wars of spirited yore are over. The 10 sculptures are unpardonably smart, humorous and beautiful-with Kantian flourishes of spirit. Alexandre Arrechea’s No Limits 1 is so good that I am going to skip the dance drill and stake out a conclusion right from the beginning.

Making a structure in no limits 2