Carefully arranging contrasts, with a shaft of light placed across a shoulder. Harry Callahan in the Rear View group show at LGDR.
Soviet-era apartment blocks set against laser-cut Baltic textile designs. Krista Svalbonas in the Paperwork show at Klompching Gallery.
Turning branches, leaves, and flowers into a thicket of dense all-over texture. Ji Zhou at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park.
Layering together vertical strips from old sewing magazines. Erica Baum in the Bureau booth at the Independent.
The tenderness of touch, as amplified by surrounding red drapery. D’Angelo Lovell Williams in the Higher Pictures Generation booth at the Independent.
Resisting temptations during her 1972 “Carving” diet. Eleanor Antin in the Richard Saltoun booth at the Independent.
Photogram wisps and grit gathered from the Thames riverbank. Anne Hardy in the Maureen Paley booth at the Independent.
The surreal discomfort of a fork in the eye. Stan VanDerBeek in the Magenta Plains booth at the Independent.
Covering her own body with centerfold cutouts, performing and hiding at the same time. Asia Stewart at A.I.R. Gallery.
A spinning photosculpture of Persephone’s mirrored legs. Zini Lardieri at A.I.R. Gallery.
Turning layered photogram shards into an elusive hint of three-dimensional form. Mike Jackson in the Off the Pedestal group show at Foley Gallery.
A lyrical tumble between ancient moss-covered branches and rusted tanks. Maximilian Thuemler at New Collectors Gallery.
The watery movement of ethereal tendrils. Jitka Hanzlová at Yancey Richardson.
Wearing three generations of traditional Korean garments to wrestle with the unknowable histories of the past. Haji Oh in the Kanten group show at Apexart.
Sorting book titles into unexpected rebus-like messages and stories. Nina Katchadourian in the Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan group show at the Morgan Library.
Reorienting space with a single cut. Katrien De Blauwer (from 2014) in the Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan group show at the Morgan Library.
Faucet handles as layers of nested image objects. Robert Cumming (from 1967-1972) in the Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan group show at the Morgan Library.
The interlocked textures of newspaper and chain link fence. Vivian Maier (from 1953) in the Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan group show at the Morgan Library.
A split second moment of bag punching angles. Gjon Mili (from 1930) in the Uncommon Denominator: Nina Katchadourian at the Morgan group show at the Morgan Library.
A vacant stare and a roughly sewn dress. Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili at Helena Anrather.
