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Maira Kalman at Julie Saul Gallery

Simple furnishings and pleasing complementary colors in this gouache on paper painting by Maira Kalman recall Van Gogh’s Spartan but intensely colored Arles room. Titled ‘The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity,’ Kalman’s room illustrates a dictate by Strunk and White in their iconic writer’s guide. One of a group of 57 illustrations for ‘The Elements of Style’, published with Kalman’s paintings in 2005,’ it turns writerly concision into a lifestyle. (On view in Chelsea at Julie Saul Gallery through Sept 16th).

Maira Kalman, The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity, gouache, 8 ½ x 12” (image), 2004.

Jonathan Callan in ‘The Suspended Line’ at Josee Bienvenu Gallery

British artist Jonathan Callan’s serene white mountain range encases a selection of books on nature (including ‘All About Lions,’ and ‘Bird Neighbors’) in plaster, suppressing knowledge of nature in favor of imitating it. (In ‘The Suspended Line’ at Josee Bienvenu Gallery in Chelsea through Feb 28th).

Jonathan Callan, Range, paper and plaster, 33.85 x 21.25inches, 2012.

Rosana Castrillo Diaz at Ameringer McEnery Yohe

San Francisco-based Spanish artist Rosana Castrillo Diaz revels in the pleasures of minimal forms and pure white color in her untitled composition created with cotton on paper at Chelsea’s Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery. (Through Dec 13th).

Rosana Castrillo Diaz, Untitled, 58 x 58 inches, cotton on paper, 2013.

Zhang Dali at Klein Sun Gallery

Ghostly white fiberglass figures representing migrant workers in Tiananmen Square make roosts for flapping doves in Beijing artist Zhang Dali’s exhibition at Chelsea’s KleinSun Gallery. Despite the dove as symbol of hope, the figures are washed of color and identity, bespeaking drab anonymity. (Through August 30th).

Zhang Dali, installation view of ‘Square’ at Klein Sun Gallery, June, 2014. Fiberglass and baking varnish.