The elemental forms of whitewashed resistance structures. Rodrigo Valenzuela at Feature Hudson Foundation.

Distorting the human form toward uncertainty. Tom Butler in the Mirror, Mirror group show at Foley Gallery.

Unpacking floral forms via layers of digital rework. Travess Smalley at Foxy Production.

Turning an Eames chair into a photographic object. Jim Krantz at Danziger Gallery.

A standoff of shooting. Cai Dongdong at Klein Sun Gallery.

The bold girder lines of the construction of Rockefeller Center. Wendell MacRae at Laurence Miller Gallery.

A dreamy cluster of hazy red roses. Jack Pierson at Maccarone.

An overpainted breath of 1980s magic dust. Gail Thacker at Daniel Cooney Fine Art.

The conflicting artistic grandeur of Buenos Aires. Michael Eastman at Edwynn Houk Gallery.

The electric contrast of turquoise and red. Raghubir Singh at Howard Greenberg Gallery.

Dark nudes bathed in enveloping blue. Kenro Izu at Howard Greenberg Gallery.

Breaking down the kiss into collaged layers of voyeurism. John Stezaker at Petzel Gallery.

Is an inkjet print on canvas of a scan of a paper cartoon with watercolor overpainting a photograph? Richard Prince at Gladstone Gallery.

Reducing black dolls into pared down geometric abstractions. Qiana Mestrich in the Bounce group show at sepiaEYE.

Intermingling textural layers of photography and ceramics. Marjolijn de Wit at Asya Geisberg Gallery.

Surveyors at work in expansive emptiness. Jeff Wall in the LA Invitational group show at Gagosian Gallery.

A dense gestural abstraction made from layers of Photoshop lassos. Florian Maier-Aichen at 303 Gallery.

Using the ambrotype process to explore the intimate textures of crumpled paper. Ben Cauchi at Yossi Milo Gallery.

Layered mirrors of dissolving colored smoke. Goldschmied & Chiari at Kristen Lorello.

The dystopian luxury of gold-plated surveillance. Jonathan Monaghan at Bitforms.