Nicelle Beauchene Gallery’s summer group exhibition ‘Invincible Summer’ cites French philosopher Albert Camus’ statement that even in winter, he carried within him an ‘invincible summer,’ and proposes that many artists today adopt Surrealist strategies to find inspiration during difficult times. In one of the show’s standouts, Margaret Curtis’ excessively teary figure – wispy locks and Benday dot nose suggesting Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein’s crying women – sheers off from an aging wooden framework in a desolate environment. Titled ‘Collapse,’ the painting’s combination of ‘Old West’ decay, alien landscape and dramatic sunset suggest the end of an era for the weepy blond stereotype. (On view in Tribeca through Aug 14th).
