Stuffed into a corner but dismissively cool and at ease. Irving Penn (from 1948) in Play the Part: Marlene Dietrich at the ICP.
Direct confidence in an untied cravat. Eugene Robert Richee (from 1932) in Play the Part: Marlene Dietrich at the ICP.
Shimmering elegance with a fur collar. Studio d’Ora Benda (from 1927) in Play the Part: Marlene Dietrich at the ICP.
A chemigram abstraction made from the artist’s grandmother’s handkerchief. Muriel Hasbun at the ICP.
Shadows, washes, and a seething orange starburst like a blossom. A unique Fred Cray photograph, found in the ICP bookshop.
Tied and spread wearing the American flag. Quil Lemons at Hannah Traore Gallery.
Turning an arrangement of cigarettes into a striped checkerboard grid. Edward Steichen (from 1927) in The Geometry of Modernism at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
A sinuous curve of domino shadows. Underwood & Underwood Studio (from c1935) in The Geometry of Modernism at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Sparkling cast shadows through crystal cubes. Walter Westervelt (from 1929) in The Geometry of Modernism at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Interlocking boat decks, railings, and staircases. George Platt Lynes (from c1932) in The Geometry of Modernism at Keith de Lellis Gallery.
Open mouthed singing, an obscuring flag, and a “Love in Bloom” message. Meryl Meisler (from 1978) at CLAMP.
Posed against the glow of a jukebox. Daniel Ramos (from 2018) at Baxter St at CCNY.
Chasing a plane, with a stylistic nod to North by Northwest. Rodney Smith (from 1998) at Staley-Wise Gallery.
Tripled legs, arranged into a semicircular fan. Pierre Molinier, in the back office at Fleiss-Vallois.
A doubled body encounter in the forest. Hans Bellmer (from c1935-1938) at Fleiss-Vallois.
The contagiously warm laughter of Maya Angelou. Chester Higgins (from 1970) at Bruce Silverstein.
Seeing the landscape as textural curves of light and dark. Jungjin Lee at Howard Greenberg Gallery. A review of the accompanying photobook can be found here.
A crumpled can against shiny metallic pink, as part of a family tree. Sadie Barnette (from 2022) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Hopes invested in a newborn, as inserted into a floral meadow. Widline Cadet (from 2021) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
Using double exposure to create time shifted play. Sophie Rivera (from 1995) in the Inheritance group show at the Whitney.
