WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — Two shrouded female figures rise from a sumptuous landscape of dark velvet and wax-dipped silk flowers. One is imperious in posture, the other turns away in stubborn resistance. Their tense standoff seems to charge the roiling swells and eddies of material between them. Several Neo-Baroque chandeliers dangled from the ceiling, laden with wax flowers, taxidermy birds, religious statuary, tassels, bows and thickets of chicken wire coated with black sand. Silver peacocks, like ladies in waiting, were poised to be pressed into service on future works.

Source: New York Times September 13, 2018 13:52 UTC