Lynette Yiadom-Boakye at Jack Shainman Gallery

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Acid for an Act, oil on canvas, 2012.
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Acid for an Act, oil on canvas, 2012.

The young British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye was a standout in last spring’s New Museum Triennial.  She’s back with a show of new paintings at Chelsea’s Jack Shainman Gallery titled ‘All Manner of Needs’ in which solitary subjects gaze out at us with searching eyes. (Through October 13th.)