Doing the splits at the Empire Roller Disco. Patrick D. Pagnano at Benrubi Gallery.
Turning New Jersey energy infrastructure into geometric abstraction. Jeffrey Milstein at Benrubi Gallery.
Bringing colored smoke and a female presence to the unforgiving desert. Judy Chicago in the Guarded Future group show at Downs & Ross.
Interweaving clarity and dotted mesh blur. Vikky Alexander and Ellen Brooks in the Guarded Future group show at Downs & Ross.
Impossibly tagging along with a fighter jet. Li Wei at Galerie Richard.
Shimmery scanner refractions as vinyl floor covering. Anne Vieux at The Hole.
Acting out the life of Jesus in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Deborah Luster in the Prison Nation group show at Aperture Gallery.
Following the undulating cloud of a flock of digital starlings. Desiree Dolron at GRIMM Gallery.
Mixing sculptural depth, geometric form, and photographic realism. Bill Beckley at Albertz Benda.
Reprocessing Evans, via Levine, and through to intricate drawings. Martí Cormand at Josée Bienvenu Gallery.
The balance of street shapes – manhole, sidewalk edge, and painted corner. Harry Callahan in the When Harry Met Aaron paired show at Laurence Miller Gallery.
The geometries of cast shadows and a dark porthole. Aaron Siskind in the When Harry Met Aaron paired show at Laurence Miller Gallery.
Ominously merging hurricane waves and Roman ruins. Theresa Ganz at Smack Mellon.
The hauntingly direct presence of an Amazonian girl. Valdir Cruz at Throckmorton Fine Art.
Finding a young face peering out from the darkness. Shawn Walker at Steven Kasher Gallery.
The doubled directness of Wagstaff and Mapplethorpe. Teresa Engle at Daniel Cooney Fine Art.
The unlikely shower combination of misted female nude and bisected fluffy dog. Philip-Lorca diCorcia in the David Zwirner: 25 Years group show at David Zwirner.
Constructing a cut-away house room by room. Gordon Matta-Clark in the David Zwirner: 25 Years group show at David Zwirner.
A humble tree branch seen in towering monumental scale. Wolfgang Tillmans in the David Zwirner: 25 Years group show at David Zwirner.
Finding elemental forms and glowing patina in humble toilet paper rolls. Sherril Schell in the second floor hallway at the Met.