Evocative tricycles in high contrast black-and-white. Larry Stewart (from 1964) in the New York: 1962-1964 group show at the Jewish Museum.
Baseball on a funky drawer-unit motel TV. Lee Friedlander (from 1963) in the New York: 1962-1964 group show at the Jewish Museum.
John Chamberlain in a sculptural pile of car parts. Ugo Mulas (from 1964) in the New York: 1962-1964 group show at the Jewish Museum.
Exuberant laughter and joy created by the spray of a fire hydrant. Leonard Freed (from 1963) in the New York: 1962-1964 group show at the Jewish Museum.
Gestural workaday weariness, with sculptural folds of clothing. Roy DeCarava (from 1964) in the New York: 1962-1964 group show at the Jewish Museum.
Creating sinuous formal echoes between curved wood and skin. Sheree Hovesepian at Rachel Uffner Gallery.
Arranging elemental chemigram forms and textures into an ominous dark moonrise. Chuck Kelton at Alison Bradley Projects.
Dense fractal patterns given textural presence via printing on industrial carpet. Thomas Ruff at David Zwirner.
Covering bodies with a flourish of shiny hubcaps. Steven Arnold (from 1994) in The Lavender Flair at CLAMP.
Hanging off the bed, in a setting of sparkling pink. James Bidgood (from the mid 1960s) at CLAMP.
The aesthetic ambiguity of soldiers in Afghanistan. Heji Shin (from 2020) in The American Friend at Downs & Ross.
Connecting imagery with open-ended schematics. Nina Hartmann (from 2022) in The American Friend at Downs & Ross.
The cluttered aftermath of drinks, seen with up close engagement. Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff (from 2014) in The American Friend at Downs & Ross.
Reconstructing a female body with uneasy multiplicity. Penny Slinger (from 1969/2021), in the library at Pace Gallery.
The elemental forms of poppies on a shelf. Regina DeLuise at Rick Wester Fine Art.
Faces drifting into blur, covered with intricate dot patterns. Sebastiaan Bremer at Edwynn Houk Gallery.
Hiding January 6th US Capitol rioters behind retroreflective television color bars. Hank Willis Thomas at Jack Shainman Gallery.
Playing improvised cricket amid the hulking electrical towers. Jonas Bendiksen in the Kafala: Migrant Labor in the Arabian Peninsula group show at Apexart.
The up close intimacy of assisted stretches on the couch. Daniel Terna at Jack Barrett Gallery.
Fleeting motion reduced to warm color. Matthew Placek at Baxter St at CCNY.
