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“Man o’ War 2,” 2007, carbon fiber, 20 by 32 by 24 inches.

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DAVID HENDERSON SCULPTURE AT KNOEDLER & COMPANY w/1 cut

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NEW YORK CITY — “Colossus and Other Men O’ War: sculpture by David Henderson” will be on view April 17–May 30 at Knoedler & Company, the second exhibition in Knoedler’s new Project Space.

Henderson’s recent sculpture addresses formal mathematical issues (in this body of work, the geometry of the curve) while also exploring a childhood fantasy about space travel. When Henderson was a boy, an eccentric uncle gave him a science-fiction book about building spaceships and exploring the galaxies, a theme which continues to inform his sculpture.

The fiberglass sculptures are primarily wall-mounted, often affixed by their delicate tails while their sometimes pendulous tops arc up, out and over, looking poised to bound off the wall and head into the universe on an adventure all their own. They use the wall, they don’t just hang on it.

The titles of some of the pieces in this exhibition — “Colossus” and “Man o’ War,” are taken from the names of Nineteenth Century French and English frigates. Henderson’s interest in sea-faring ships has also been with him since boyhood; the first thing he ever built was a full-size sailboat, which he sailed for years.

The gallery is at 19 East 70th Street. For information, www.knoedlergallery.com or 212-794-0550.