
I’m a fan of Nicole Eisenman, I’m a fan of time between making something and showing it. And from the online preview, at least, I am a fan of these Understudies, plaster on burlap sculptures Eisenman made in 2012, which feel classic and new. I think they came from a month-long plaster-soaked residency at Studio Voltaire full of figural sculptures made onsite—and seemingly stuck there. So maybe the Understudies were the only thing that made it out.

The figures in that show seem now like ancestors of Eisenman’s 2017 installation at Sculpture Projekte Münster. So plaster and Eisenman have been for each other.
Nicole Eisenman, Plastered, 22 Jan – 6 Mar 2025 at Anton Kern Gallery [antonkerngallery]
Nicole Eisenman, ‘Tis but a scratch’ ‘A scratch?! Your arm’s off!’ ‘No, it isn’t’, Sep-Dec 2012 [studiovoltaire.org]
Nicole Eisenman, Sketch for a Fountain, 2017 [scultpure-projekte-archiv.de]