Rooted in a rigid structure but featuring curving forms suggestive of leaves and floral shapes found in decorative artwork across cultures and ages, Kamrooz Aram’s painted abstractions at Alexander Gray subvert the modernist grid by merging it with decorative elements. Alert to modern art’s disapprobation of ornament, Aram combines both in a show of intensely pleasurable work from the last six years. Here, a painting titled ‘Exuberant Flaneuse’ suggests an urban observer of life whose enthusiasm has overtaken her detachment. (On view in Tribeca through April 11th.)
