Keightly's machines have the personality of whimsical creations created by couture dressmakers trained in the fine arts. And despite their odd juxtapositions of shapes and colors, the paintings are as elegant as Japanese flower arrangements. Ryan's chop shop Multimedia installation artist Ryan Humphrey literally rocks in his debut solo at Caren Golden Fine Art , who recently moved her gallery from SoHo to the Chelsea Arts Building on West 26th Street. She discovered Humphrey in the Hunter College MFA program, which increasingly is supplying the emerging art scene with fresh talent. The gallery floor is covered with plush black carpet, suggesting a custom car interior with bucket seats.
Stereophonic headsets hang from the ceiling.
A lightbox photo shows surfer and pin up star Kelly Slater in action, while music by Weezer is supplied on the headset. It suggests a car theft ring where thieves in the night chop off the parts of luxury cars, selling them piecemeal. The hubcaps, the stereo, the engine, the steering wheel are interchangeable muscle car units. The overall effect is that of a storyboard montage filled with an action-packed, pulsating movie soundtrack. All that's missing is the babes.