Crystal Wagner’s Latest Piece “Wild Efflux” currently on display in the Viacom Lobby, Times Square, NYC
“Rarely is art placed in corporate lobbies of any interest, but Crystal Wagner’s Wild Efflux up the stairs and around the reception area of the Viacom headquarters at 1515 Broadway in Times Square is a real exception: a 170-foot long creation of paper, chicken wire, torn plastic table cloths, and paint that, though it references pop masters like Frank Stella in its overwhelming “presence,” shows a lightness of touch that marks a very different sensibility. Not since Lisi Raskin’s debut, the totally immersive Switchyard at Guild and Greyshkul in 2007, has there been a first major New York appearance of an artist working with paper that delivers so much, as is also demonstrated in her wallboxes next to the installation.” -Larry Qualls
“Wild Efflux. There is something poignantly beautiful about something that is wild. It’s chaos, but in the most splendid and striking sense, it in an indication of something being truly alive. Things evolve, transform, and grow from one thing to another and no amount of control can prepare us for what something will become.” Crystal Wagner
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