A touch of lush romance with a gentle tilt of the head. Mark Morrisroe (c1980s) at CLAMP.
The soft bleeding of fresh tomatoes, set against the textures and spatial impressions of layered papers. Laura Letinsky at Yancey Richardson.
Moonlight on seawater, with chemical drips and sparkles of flared light. Bryan Graf at Yancey Richardson.
Making aerial views with a drone, capturing the vastness of a Montana vista. Stephen Shore (from 2020) at 303 Gallery.
Apples, trees, and resonant fragments of Black bodies. Zohra Opoku (from 2020-2022) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
A collaged view of childhood, with an ominously dangling boxing glove. Deborah Roberts (from 2018) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Tenuously reassembling a fragmented Black body. Frida Orupabo (from 2017) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Staged vulnerability near shiny curtains. Deana Lawson (from 2017) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
The swagger of a female motorcycle crew, surrounded by oil cans. Hassan Hajjaj (from 2010) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Creating parallels between fashion models and African statuary. Gordon Parks (from 1978/2018) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
The sleek confidence of a Brooklyn rude boy. Jamel Shabazz (from 1981) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
The stylish elegance of natural Black hair. Kwame Brathwaite (from c1968/2016) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Paired fabrics and a penetrating stare. Sanlé Sory (from 1975/later) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Turned away negation and a sequence of time-based language. Lorna Simpson (from 1991) in the Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
Shampooed hair and the precise compositional division of a shower door. Christopher Williams (from 2005) in the Everyone Loves Picabia group show at David Lewis Gallery.
Layered landscape and tree studies, lyrically disrupted by digital glitching. Barry Stone at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.
Turning book plates into elegantly interlaced abstraction. Erin Shirreff (from 2022) in the Healing group show at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
A cascading inversion of long rippled hair. Man Ray (from 1929/1965-66) at Bruce Silverstein Gallery.
A bisected Harlem view, with a lone figure picking through the rubble. Ming Smith (from 1972/later) at Nicola Vassell Gallery.
A layered combination of flash and shadow, with a nod to Lee Friedlander. Gonzalo Reyes Rodriguez (from 2023) in the Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen group show at Luhring Augustine.
