Leipzig-based painter Christoph Ruckhaberle’s stylized dance scene against a blue sky and green grass sets up a comparison with Matisse’s 1909 ‘Dance,’ but knowingly offers us subjects whose weightiness and modesty are grounded in the everyday, despite the peppy wallpaper. (At Chelsea’s Zieher Smith Gallery through Nov 16th).
Christoph Ruckhaberle, Untitled, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2013.
