Sewing photographic fabrics into overlapped layers. Zohra Opoku (at Mariane Ibrahim) in the PRISMES section of Paris Photo 2019.
Marking time by following the geometries of striped light cast across a building wall. 1970s era Yannig Hedel (at Galerie Thierry Bigaignon) in the PRISMES section of Paris Photo 2019.
The scathingly absurd combination of smiling selfie takers and war zone rocket tracers. Martha Rosler in the Fondation A Stichting group show Fragments at Paris Photo 2019.
Tracing the textural patterns of bricked up doors and windows. Late 1970s images by the Chilean photographer Jaime Villaseca in the Fondation A Stichting group show Fragments at Paris Photo 2019.
Removing Marilyn Monroe from George Barris’ beach portraits. Paul Pfeiffer at Paula Cooper Gallery.
A Japanese hotel room, eight days before the end of a love affair. Sophie Calle at Paula Cooper Gallery.
An impossibly clean, and eerily quiet panoramic view of the Met. Marc Yankus at ClampArt.
A gallery-filling installation of cyanotypes, documenting a year’s worth of artistic tools. Walead Beshty at Petzel Gallery.
Tracking a shadow across the face of the moon. Luca Missoni at Benrubi Gallery.
Carving elemental maternal forms directly into limestone cave walls. Ana Mendieta (from the Rupestrian Sculptures series) at Galerie Lelong.
Activating Marsden Hartley’s original with interlocked layers of physical depth. Vik Muniz at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
A taxonomy of banned Chinese books, each “measured” by a ruler. Xiaoze Xie at the Asia Society.
A subversively contemporary reimagining of traditional sensual entertainments. Wang Qingsong in the lobby at the Asia Society.
Silhouetted forms in machined grandeur. Otto Steinert in the Photographs from the Paul Sack Collection group show at Deborah Bell Photographs.
The tactile geometries of the side of a house. Daido Moriyama in the Photographs from the Paul Sack Collection group show at Deborah Bell Photographs.
The blustery windswept contrasts of Top Withens. Vintage Bill Brandt in the Photographs from the Paul Sack Collection group show at Deborah Bell Photographs.
Performatively wrapping her nude body in drapery, ready for consumption by the male gaze. Hannah Wilke (from 1974) at Ronald Feldman Gallery.
The undulating flow of an elaborately embroidered gown. Txema Yeste at Staley-Wise Gallery.
Finding elemental geometry in the crack of an iceberg. Lynn Davis at Edwynn Houk Gallery.
Bending the male form into a ring. Anderson & Low at Throckmorton Fine Art.
