MASS MoCA
Somewhat of an antiques store, Baxter & Co. Home "is just a big assortment of incredibly interesting pieces."The process was dragging because this wasn't just any baby furniture but objects with a long, happy history in the O'Hanlon family. Some shippers seemed too fly-by-night to entrust her cargo with and some reliable ones were too expensive.
It seems only appropriate that Petah Coyne's latest exhibition, "Everything That Rises Must Converge," takes its title from a Flannery O'Connor short-story collection. Coyne's brooding sculptures, filled with allusions to death and disaster, have always been in dialogue with literature; an overlap with the southern gothic is readily apparent. The show features a selection of Coyne's work from the past two decades in MASS MOCA'S triple-height gallery space, from dripped-wax chandeliers to blurred photographs of children and monks. Two large sculptures will showcase her new materials--expect taxidermy among the velvet, candles, and birdcages. An accompanying catalogue, with contributions from A. M. Homes, Rebecca Solnit, and the curator, offers a further opportunity to consider the writerly aspects of Coyne's flamboyantly intricate gloom.
Author: Lauren O'Neill-Butler
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