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Leslie Wayne at Jack Shainman Gallery

Leslie Wayne’s paintings give pleasure through deception; her signature technique is to use paint as a sculptural medium, fooling the eye with dried paint crafted in three dimensions.  Wayne’s latest solo show at Jack Shainman Gallery presents paintings that appear to be objects in her studio or windows that do or do not offer a view.  On closer inspection, each is carefully crafted to resemble a well-used tool, now worse for wear.  Constructed over the past year, each artwork speaks to brokenness close to home.  (On view in Chelsea through July 2nd.)

Leslie Wayne, Broken, Busted, Fractured, Fragmented, Shattered, Smashed, Kaput, oil, enamel, and acrylic on wood, aluminum and cotton cloth, 44 x 48 x 9 inches, 2020.

Thornton Dial at David Lewis Gallery

Thornton Dial included an image of himself, banging a pan to bring people together to start a meal in the upper portion of this riff on William Merritt Chase’s Still Life with Watermelon.  As seen in this detail of a larger painting, he included a second real frying pan filled with paintings of eggs positioned near lusciously colored fruits, suggesting the bounty that an artist can provide.  (At David Lewis Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 18th).

Thornton Dial, detail of Setting the Table, shoes, gloves, bedding, beaded car-seat cover, cloth carpet, artificial flowers, crushed paint cans, found metal, frying pan, cooking utensils, chain, wood, Splash Zone compound, oil and enamel on canvas on wood, 74 x 74.5 x 8 inches, 2003.

Zach Bruder at Magenta Plains

Medieval-looking characters converse at table in Zach Bruder’s arrestingly anachronistic painting, which pictures the Middle Ages in an abstracted or folksy 20th century painting style. Substituting detail and realism for expressive forms, Bruder cloaks a familiar-seeming scene in an alien appearance. (On view at Magenta Plains on the Lower East Side through Feb 11th).

Zach Bruder, Slur A Confidence I, acrylic and flashe on canvas on panel, 14h x 11w inches, 2017.

Richard Woods at Friedman Benda Project Space

British artist/designer Richard Woods has applied mock Tudor façade to a shopping mall in Seoul, fake flagstones to a cottage in Finland, and now brings a collection of woodblock tabletops to Friedman Benda Project Space in Chelsea. Presented as both tables and wall-mounted works, the exhibition’s vibrant color and patterns celebrate the places where we eat, work and commune. (Through Aug 19th).

Richard Woods, installation view of ‘Work Tables’ at Friedman Benda Project Space, June 2016.
Richard Woods, installation view of ‘Work Tables’ at Friedman Benda Project Space, June 2016.

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller

Stay near the wall and the room is silent; approach the table and light sensors detect your presence, setting off a cascade of sound from an array of 72 bare speakers. The effect of Canadian sound artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s ‘Experiment in F# Minor’ is magical – a musical experience created for us to create. (In Chelsea at Luhring Augustine Gallery through June 11th).

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, installation view of ‘Experiment in F# Minor,’ 72 channel audio installation including speakers, photosensors, and wooden worktables, edition of 3 and 1 artist’s proof, 96 1/8 x 72 x 30 inches, 2013.
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, installation view of ‘Experiment in F# Minor,’ 72 channel audio installation including speakers, photosensors, and wooden worktables, edition of 3 and 1 artist’s proof, 96 1/8 x 72 x 30 inches, 2013.