THE MUSE OF OLD FIELD FARM
by Linda Yablonsky



Gavin Brown's enterprise has hosted its share of anarchic exhibitions that push the conventional envelope of display. Take Urs Fischer's excavation of the gallery floor, for example -- or Rirkrit Tiravanjia's serving of pulled pork dinners within the gallery space. Now it's Peter Nadin's turn. With "First Mark," his first show in New York in 20 years since escaping the art scene to pursue farming in the Catskills, Nadin has transformed the gallery into an enchanted forest.

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