Sacha Ingber
April 24, 2026 by Fred Voon
New York
Uffner & Liu
For eight years, Sacha Ingber juggled art-making with part-time work as a prop stylist on a Food Network cooking show. This might explain the recurring plates and utensils in her current exhibition “Two” (on view through May 9, 2026). The Hungry Caterpillar (2026), for instance, presents a table setting turned upright, strewn with napkins, and colored by a child’s whimsy. In Backgammon: Knives vs. Forks vs. Spoons (2026), flatware shapes supplant the triangles of a game board, while one of the table legs takes the form of a giant spoon.
Ingber’s culinary background might also explain why she likens the structure of her wall-hung slab sculptures (like The Hungry Caterpillar) to that of a frittata. Rather than eggs studded with potato or scattered with parsley, polyurethane resin is embedded with pieces of ceramic, metal, plaster, and other assorted objects. Some elements are placed in the clay mold before the resin is poured in, while others are sewn or attached after it is dry.
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