Turning the NYC marathon into aerial Pointillism. George Steinmetz at Anastasia Photo.

The interplay of chain link and dirty snow melt. Robert Adams in a group show at Matthew Marks.

A nude in negative, with dots and stripes. Hrvoje Slovenc in the Small is Beautiful group show at Flowers Gallery.

Bathing a brash nude in deep magenta. Richard Kern at Marlborough Broome Street.

A jittering multiple-exposure thicket. Ralph Eugene Meatyard at DC Moore.

The eerie playfulness of doll gestures. Morton Bartlett at Julie Saul.

A shadowed apron and stressed fingers on Thanksgiving day. Frances F. Denny at ClampArt.

An extravagant male butterfly and an imposing screw. Steven Arnold at Daniel Cooney Fine Art.

Hanging out with a group of love dolls. Stacy Leigh at Castor Gallery.

The colorful palette of Spanish racing pigeons. Ricardo Cases at Dillon Gallery.

Architecture/construction shards in a dense panorama. Ilit Azoulay at Andrea Meislin.

The inhospitable combination of skin and snow. Ryan McGinley at Team Gallery.

The expressive use of bleach and chemicals. Brea Souders at Bruce Silverstein.

Channeling the delusional primness of Tipper Gore. Martha Wilson at PPOW.

Bundles, suitcases, a dog, and a wary post-bombing stare. John Florea at Steven Kasher.

The sinuous tones of stacked bottle forms. Dawid in the Callahan, Dawid, Sugimoto group show at Pace/MacGill.

Undulations in textured green leather. Lucas Blalock in the Walks and displacements group show at Andrew Kreps.

Exploring formal isolation. Robert Mapplethorpe’s 1970s Polaroids at Sean Kelly.

Lightbox recreations of the stolen Gardner artworks. Kota Ezawa at Murray Guy.

An empty road flanked by white nothingness. Jungjin Lee at Howard Greenberg.