Artist Mel Kendrick Is Mining New Possibilities From Wood and Color
American sculptor Mel Kendrick’s exhibition “Mel Kendrick: Tilt,” his ninth solo show with David Nolan Gallery in New York, presents new and recent works alongside older pieces, tracing a fresh phase of a practice he began in the early 1970s. The show highlights Kendrick’s process-driven use of wood—where irreversible cuts and carvings become records of experimentation—through works such as Walnut Shelf (2026) and Gemstone (2026). It also features color-forward sculptures and wall works including Yellow Drum (2025) and Withstand (2026), as well as cast paper works from the 2010s that treat color as a material with its own visual weight.
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