Three children forge ahead into the unknown on a boat made of braiding hair packaging in this oil-based relief collage on canvas by Yale MFA candidate Kathia St Hilaire. A standout in Derek Eller Gallery’s current group show, St Hilaire’s image features kids venturing forth under a blazing sun to navigate their own identities and paths in life. (On view on the Lower East Side through July 3rd).
Like protagonists in a young adults detective novel, Jane Corrigan’s svelte sleuths ooze intrigue as they receive covert messages, investigate strange noises and meet secretively at night. The hook is strong. What are they up to? (At Feuer Mesler through Feb 14th).
Jane Corrigan, Spies, oil on canvas, 70 x 55 inches, 2015.
Jane Corrigan blends average looks and extraordinary hair in portraits of young female athletes, finding moments of wonder in the everyday. (At Kerry Schuss on the Lower East Side through Oct 26th).
Jane Corrigan, Windbreaker (Adidas), oil on linen, 26.5 x 31 inches, 2014.
Missouri-based photographer Julie Blackmon’s take on the Beatles Abbey Road album cover suggests a different kind of band – a precociously independent group of young entrepreneurs marching along to the beat of their own drummer. (At Chelsea’s Robert Mann Gallery through October 18th).
Julie Blackmon, Thin Mints, 59 x 81.625 inches, 2014.
Berlin-based artist couple Nina Römer and Torsten Römer travel the world photographing youth subcultures doing their own thing; here, two girls strut their Japanese street fashions. (At Freight and Volume, Chelsea, through April 26th.)
Römer & Römer, Face to Face, 79 x 104 inches, 2010.
