Revealing an image of a police dog attack from the 1965 Watts Rebellion underneath the crinkled opening of a dark foil wound. Mark Bradford in Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America at the New Museum.
A poetic encounter in a shadowy sea of flowers. Mark McKnight at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery.
Giving a painterly surface to the layered chaos of an enveloping digital environment. Chris Dorland at Lyles & King.
Collapsing architectural memories into a planar 3D hybrid. Krista Svalbonas at Klompching Gallery.
Building a meadow out of a scattering of photographic moments. Terry Evans at Yancey Richardson Gallery.
Photocopying a taxonomy of household objects, the flare of shadowy light giving each a sense of implied energy. Pati Hill in the Nothing is So Humble: Prints from Everyday Objects group show at the Whitney.
Housing photographic transparencies in thick resin, creating an elusive sense of memory. Sadie Benning at Mitchell-Innes & Nash.
Turning nocturnal Times Square imagery into a performative slide show experience. Yuji Agematsu at Miguel Abreu Gallery.
Playing with the provocative double entendre of “Big Cocks”. Heji Shin at Reena Spaulings Fine Art.
Full length nudes in the tradition of Lucas Cranach. Daniel Handal at ClampArt.
Reversing the dynamics of the paired nude. Pixy Liao in the On the Inside: Portraiture Through Photography group show at C24 Gallery.
Orange day lilies and a scabbed elbow. Marie Tomanova in the On the Inside: Portraiture Through Photography group show at C24 Gallery.
Wrapping rough sculptural planes around archival photographs of Jamaican dancehall culture. Akeem Smith at Red Bull Arts New York.
Undulating rock formations made physical with two colors of concrete and layered overprinting. Letha Wilson in the Vantage Points group show at GRIMM Gallery.
Expressively unlocking serial layers of ancient geometry. Claudia Peña Salinas in the Vantage Points group show at GRIMM Gallery.
Sensual 1980s era advertising, amplified by doubling and magenta tinting. Vikky Alexander at Downs & Ross.
Collaging a painted eye over inverted antiquity. Rachel Libeskind at Signs and Symbols.
Extending a delicate photogram-like process with rich layers of pigment. Sam Falls at 303 Gallery.
Using the artist’s own face to make performative Xerox copies. Paolo Bruscky in the Archaeologies of the Selfie group show at Galeria Nara Roesler.
The spots of reflected headlights imposing time on a Michelangelo sculpture. Milton Machado in the Archaeologies of the Selfie group show at Galeria Nara Roesler.
