We take a visual gander back at the incredible art exhibitions we featured in our Unframed column in 2017.

Every month, Design Milk’s resident art expert, David Behringer, pounds the pavement of New York City to check out the best gallery exhibits and art shows he can find. Take a visual gander back at the art he covered in our Unframed column throughout 2017 ? hint: it’s all incredible.

This is Wood: The Sculpture of Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson presented 4 cardboard boxes, 5 rolls of painters tape, 2 broken styrofoam chunks, and more garbage… that were all 100% carved and painted wood.
marked by stigmata, 2017 (detail)
On Pins: Elliott Hundley?s Epic Collages

We took a look at Elliott Hundley?s manically overwhelming collages, which extended so far off the canvas that they were rightfully called ?sculptures?. Tara Donovan. Detail of ?Composition (Cards)? 2017. Photographed by David Behringer. All other images captured by Kerry Ryan McFatey. © Tara Donovan, courtesy of Pace Gallery
Tara Donovan: Vertical Poetry

Tara Donovan?s newest wall sculptures were composed of THOUSANDS of white styrene cards that were individually stacked, glued, and rotated 90 degrees.
Untitled, 2014-2017, Various putties, spray paint
Matt Hoyt?s Chrysalis: Evidence of Time

Matt Hoyt is famous for tiny sculptures and his newest works took a risky turn for an artist famous for small: they?re slightly bigger.
Detail of Sharp LC-90LE657U 90-inch Aquos HD
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