Dustin Yellin

I recently happen past a gallery window as an exhibit was being put up. All i could see from the front window was what seemed like a body suspended in glass being arranged in the far corner of the space.
I thought at first it was some version of sculpture similar to the popular bodies exhibit on the peir.I was equally curious, excited and horrified at the possibility of getting to see people turned inside and put on display for the public.
When the exhibit was open it was the most crowded i ever saw that space in all times i had freelanced in the area. It was like a random interested crowd. Some tourist , many hipsters, and the occasion educated art goer taking extra long to examine and understand the work.
I hadn't realized it at the time but i was getting to see the recent works of artist Dustin Yellin. I had read a small review on him in the recent Vanity Fair and had seen his picture many times before in art and nY social reviews. I only remembered him personally because in photos he often seems like an almost a characature of a NYC artist. A scruff, quirky dress creative type with an absurdly tall and gorgeous woman always adorning his side. It was like a grown up version of everything i couldnt stand about my college art scene.
But i was have to admit i was very intrigued by his work. The "human body" i was so excited to see, was actually wasn't a body at all. Like the rest of his work the peice was comprised of several layers of resin drizzled with paint and layered to create the illusion of a 3-d image. I heard these pieces referred to as resin block drawings. The artist choice pop imagery and organic forms i found a little kitschy, but the determination and effort it would take to plan out these pieces successful was impressive.The forms are entirly convincing, almost hologram like.
These resin block drawings by Dustin Yellin are @ Robert Miller Gallery.