Summer never looked so good as in Hope Gangloff’s paintings of a vivid red barn, a spectacular lightning strike seen from a front porch and friends lounging lakeside, but the standout piece of her latest solo show at Susan Inglett Gallery is a double portrait of close-up magicians Matthew Holtzclaw and Prakash Puru. Employing a wizardry of her own in recording the texture of each man’s suit and a wide range of tones in their faces, Gangloff delivers a knock-out work whose intense colors and typically distorted proportions give the piece its distinct dynamism. (On view in Chelsea through June 7th).
