Bringing brash colors and bold geometries to African portraiture. Aïda Muluneh at David Krut.
Searching for balance between Mondrian, Picabia, a white box, and a Z word. John Baldessari at Marian Goodman.
Entwining a spectrum of fingers with dangling strings. Yeni & Nan at Henrique Faria Fine Art.
Interrupting a face with an oval mirror. Trine Søndergaard at Bruce Silverstein.
Inhabiting a tragic gesture. Hakeem Adewumi in the Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora group show at Steven Kasher Gallery.
A totem pole of collaged black faces. Shawn Theodore in the Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora group show at Steven Kasher Gallery.
Isolating an Addis Ababa basket vendor against an enveloping sea of purple. Girma Berta in the Refraction: New Photography of Africa and its Diaspora group show at Steven Kasher Gallery.
Turning walking bodies into dense arrays of linear markings. Michal Rovner at Pace Gallery.
Using the role of maid as an entry point for layers of tactile memory. Tracey Moffatt at Tyler Rollins Fine Art.
Using a still life assemblage to unpack cobalt blue. Mary Mattingly at Robert Mann Gallery.
An elegant dance of planes and gestures. Stefani Reynolds in the Hive Mind: Photography BFA Thesis exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
A menacing school of mounted fish. Gabrielle Valeriano in the Hive Mind: Photography BFA Thesis exhibition at Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
The quiet loneliness of a floating ring. Naiwen Zhang in the Close to Reality: 2018 ICP-Bard MFA Group Thesis exhibition at the ICP School.
The delicate balance of a hanging bull’s tail, a hillside silhouette, and tiny flowers. Timothy Briner in the Close to Reality: 2018 ICP-Bard MFA Group Thesis exhibition at the ICP School.
A subtle gesture punctuated by light green fingernails. Kaz Senju in the Close to Reality: 2018 ICP-Bard MFA Group Thesis exhibition at the ICP School.
The provocative uneasiness of enlarged eyes and mouths. Nailah Fumilayo Davis in the Parsons BFA Photography Senior Thesis exhibition at Aperture Gallery.
Wading in chartreuse. Venice Gordon in the Parsons BFA Photography Senior Thesis exhibition at Aperture Gallery.
Finding swirling galaxies in lenticular images of fruit. Jitish Kallat at Sperone Westwater.
Using body paint to embrace changing facets of identity. Laurie Simmons at Salon 94.
Exploring photographic illusionism via intricate arrangements of painted wood blocks. Erin O’Keefe at Morgan Lehman.
