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Artist Rachel Selekman Cuts the Middleman Out of Flower-Watering

Rachel Selekman’s Yellow Velvet Spray (2008).Courtesy of Metaphor Contemporary Art


Is this Big Edie Beale’s watering can? So overgrown, like it’s been left outside too long and sprouted alien limbs (along with some lovely yellow flowers). It’s hanging like a chandelier from the ceiling of Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn through July 20. —Emma Pearse

Artist Rachel Selekman Cuts the Middleman Out of Flower-Watering