January 6, 2006
By THE NEW YORK
TIMES
DEBORAH
BUTTERFIELD Ms. Butterfield continues to make horses out of weathered branches
and scrap steel that are, at best, magically lifelike. In the big one lying
down in the gallery, the metal seems just as alive as the illusory animal.
Three horses on the Park Avenue median, however, are out of their element - too
delicate to compete with the traffic and the giant buildings, but perhaps
because of that, poetically poignant. Edward Thorp, 210 Eleventh Avenue,
between 24th and 25th Streets; and on the Park Avenue median between 52nd and
54th Streets; (212) 691-6565, through Jan. 28.
(Ken Johnson)