{"id":46851,"date":"2023-06-22T12:25:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=46851"},"modified":"2023-06-23T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:12:01","slug":"max-heiges-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on-marvin-gardens-ridgewood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2023\/06\/22\/max-heiges-and-the-horse-you-rode-in-on-marvin-gardens-ridgewood\/","title":{"rendered":"~MAX HEIGES . . “AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON” \/ MARVIN GARDENS \/ RIDGEWOOD, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

ok . . . !!
\nchanging ‘imaginary’ \/ editorial gears, here !!
\ndeparting from the Shakers, and their innovative, minimalist, but hard-core functional \/ spare-as-possible . . designs and machines \/
\nonto Max Heiges & his elegant, though brutalist-leaning, spare-as-possible, absolutely creative hard-core sculptures – that may take their cue from machines, but the only gears that they ‘turn’ – are the ones within – your head.
\ncould we call that: spinning your imagination – as opposed to spinning your knitting wool ?<\/p>\n

MAX HEIGES: “. . . AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON” \/ (!!!!!!!!!!)
\na site-specific, free-standing \/ installation sculpture
\nwhich opened for viewing on MAY 7th,
\nand remains up . . . thru mid-July, 2023.<\/strong>
\nMARVIN GARDENS<\/a> – (OUTDOOR) YARD \/ a few doors down from the main gallery \/
\n1560 Decatatur St., Ridgewood, NY 11385
\nHRS: Walk-in – Sun 1 – 5 PM
\nweekdays by appointment<\/p>\n

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\nMAX HEIGES, ‘AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON’, 2023
\nphoto: via Instagram @maxheiges
\n“site-specific monumental steel sculpture, inaugurating the gallery’s new outdoor space, to be called: ‘YARD’ \/ all the parts are found scrap metal, i.e. the horizontal spine is from the metal yard next door,
\nwhich Max assembled entirely on-site. the concrete block is hollow. though ‘visually intimidating’, it’s very safe. Max is a licensed<\/strong> metal worker (!!!), and all those leg joints are welded. the piece is structurally stable<\/strong> & fully reinforced with hidden bolts that can be seen in person.”
\n~MARVIN GARDENS <\/p>\n

so, yes<\/strong> I did ask . . !!
\nwho isn’t<\/strong> spooked by the illusion of DIY + design spareness \/ which this sculpture conjures. esp after this week’s loss of that apparently DIY-rigged \/ tiny 5 man submersible, at the bottom of the ocean – alongside it’s high ticket \/ tourist tour – target: the also ill-fated, even though professionally built, Titanic ??? <\/p>\n

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\nphoto: via Instagram @marvin_gardens
\ndetail . . .
\nblunt, but compact.
\nmore of a mind-game, than a machine.
\nnot even a whiff of a ‘transporter device’, it stands for: imagination \/ in all its glory.
\nbrevity and hardness that belie . . skills and, well: t-h-o-u-gh-t.
\nor, whatever comes to your mind, as you reflect upon this improvised scaffolding, of free-form thought.
\na Trojan Horse for the 21st C. ?
\nthe title seems to nudge us – in that direction.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\ndetail . . .
\nphoto: Instagram @marvin_gardens
\nblunt, compact, but . . . playful !!
\nmaybe, even an autobiographical – flourish !!
\na little girl running around, spinning through childhood.
\nthe Trojan Horse still – comes to mind.
\nyou can construct life how you will, and hope for the best \/ <\/p>\n

best, ride that horse, we call: life, while you can.
\nplayful, intimidating, and scary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ok . . . !! changing ‘imaginary’ \/ editorial gears, here !! departing from the Shakers, and their innovative, minimalist, but hard-core functional \/ spare-as-possible . . designs and machines \/ onto Max Heiges & his elegant, though brutalist-leaning, spare-as-possible, absolutely creative hard-core sculptures – that may take their cue from machines, but the only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46851"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46888,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46851\/revisions\/46888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}