Mariah Robertson’s instantly recognizable, abstract darkroom photographs are a kind of experimental art made with filters, chemicals, selective light application and multiple exposures born from her performance practice. In new work at Chart Gallery, Roberston introduces another shift in her working methods with acrylic on aluminum paintings that exactly reproduce her photograms. Explaining that people often compare her photographic work to paintings, she set out to discover what fertile ground lay in a new medium. The resulting ‘portraits,’ as they’re titled, swap out the photograms’ light-infused, ephemeral magic in favor of a grounded feeling, as if revealing two sides of one character. (On view in Tribeca through April 11th).
