Tom Wesselman at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery in Chelsea aims to prove that iconic Pop artist Tom Wesselman was not only a pioneer of pop culture imagery, but a technical innovator, from collaging billboard cutouts onto canvas to molding plastic paintings. Here, Smoker reminds us that Wesselman also used shaped canvases to isolate forms that here, make supposedly seductive lips look troubling. (In Chelsea through May 28th).

Tom Wesselmann, Smoker #14, oil on canvas, 101 x 114 inches, 1974.
Tom Wesselmann, Smoker #14, oil on canvas, 101 x 114 inches, 1974.