Alan Binstock

Birth-Beginning, 2009 via Causey Contemporary

Causey Contemporary's new larger location allows Maryland sculptor Alan Binstock’s large-scale creations the proper space to shine and breathe. He works with steel, shattered glass, resin and dye to combine the abstract strength of a glacier and the colorful jubilance of a sno-cone. Having the space to walk around and under the structures is a refreshing invitation to interact with art.

Binstock moonlights as an architect for NASA’s mission at the Goddard Space Flight Center. In his own words, he is influenced by the “macro and micro worlds suggested by space ‘landscapes’ that surround [him] at NASA and their similarities to magnified views of our own structure.”

A woman who works at the gallery said he is admittedly referential in his work, so I don’t feel bad pointing out the sculpture pictured above is suggestive of Arnolodo Pomodoro’s “Sfera Con Sfera,” which can be seen at the U.N.

Alan Binstock’s Way Stations II is on view at Causey Contemporary on 92 Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg until June 12th