In Practice: Michaela Bathrick

Cast cement sculptures that resemble decommissioned architectural fittings but reveal themselves as letters and language fragments from different angles.

Why go

Bathrick's work mines the ornamental excess hidden in functional public architecture, treating the built environment as a source of wry, incomplete utterances—a new body of work developed specifically for this commission.

What to expect

Primarily cast cement sculptures treated with soap stain, scaled as small functional forms (brackets, fittings) that shift meaning depending on viewpoint, creating a sense of language embedded in the city's infrastructure.

Things to know

• Artist is developing a new body of work for In Practice, SculptureCenter's commissioning program for emerging artists.
• Sculptures are primarily made of cast cement treated with soap stain.
• Curated by Kyle Dancewicz (Deputy Director) and Chris Aque (Exhibition and Program Manager).
• Supported by the Eva Hesse Initiative for New Sculpture.
• In Practice program is supported by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Plan your visit

Open Thursday–Monday, 12pm–6pm. Opening reception Thursday, July 16, 6–8pm. SculptureCenter is located at 44–19 Purves Street, Long Island City.