Occupying a Brooklyn sidewalk like a street gang. Ka-Man Tse at Aperture Gallery.

A spiraling twist of smoky light. Anthony McCall at Sean Kelly Gallery.

Turing a repaired fence into a bold geometric silhouette. Bhupendra Karia at sepiaEye.

The neighborliness of peeking over a fence with a wine glass. Katy Grannan in the At Home: In the American West group show at Aperture Gallery.

Isolating the controlled swirl of Kim Novak’s hair in Vertigo. Jean Curran at Danziger Gallery.

Turning salt production into steep angled Modernism. Harold Haliday Costain at Keith de Lellis Gallery.

Using collaged imagery to construct a trance-like sense of euphoria. John O’Reilly at Tibor de Nagy.

Scratch mark echoes and cut planes give an ordinary hook a dose of seething energy. Gerald Slota at Ricco/Maresca Gallery.

Stylized swim practice on the gym floor. Luke Smalley at ClampArt.

Using hotel room furniture for impromptu installations and sculptures. Alex Yudzon at Rick Wester Fine Art.

Car tail lights against frozen blue whiteness. Simon Roberts at Flowers Gallery.

Echoing elemental photogram compositions with a styrofoam ring. Delphine Burtin at Benrubi Gallery.

Silhouetted footprints, disorientingly seen from below. Joan Lyons at Steven Kasher Gallery.

The insistent upward reach of photogram triangles. Liz Nielsen at Danziger Gallery.

Reclaiming a slave owner’s mansion with personal engagement. Nona Faustine at Higher Pictures.

Probing the elusive moods of childhood via shadowy tintypes. Galina Kurlat at Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art.

Image fragments and 3D renderings dissolving into a watery upward flow. Seth Price at Petzel Gallery.

Channelling Ed Ruscha to envision the built environment of the Las Vegas strip. Denise Scott Brown at Carriage Trade.

Piling up physical and formal layers underneath shaped plastic. Baseera Khan in the Not for everybody group show at Simone Subal Gallery.

Echoes of grasping hands. Hadi Fallahpisheh in the Not for everybody group show at Simone Subal Gallery.