Annie Lapin at Miles McEnery Gallery

LA artist Annie Lapin conjures images from accidents, pouring a charcoal water solution over a prepared surface and embellishing the results with analogue and digitally created effects that she transcribes to canvas.  In ‘Defenestration,’ a few deft additions to the central shape turns a stain into an escaping figure hightailing it out of a raw linen canvas.  A metaphor for emerging artistic creativity?  (On view at Miles McEnery Gallery in Chelsea through Nov 10th).

Annie Lapin, Defenestration, charcoal, acrylic, flocking and vinyl paint on linen, 30 x 26 x 3 inches, 2018.

Richard Tuttle at Pace Gallery

Richard Tuttle celebrates fifty years of art making with a show of work from his last 26 New York solo shows. ‘Titel 3’ from 1978 typifies Tuttle’s sometimes ephemeral arrangements; a washy drip of brown watercolor on the wall interacts with a crisp, green arch of paper, creating a succinct contrast between chance and deliberate gestures. (At Pace Gallery’s 25th Street location through June 11th)

Richard Tuttle, Titel 3, watercolor and paper, 7 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches, 1978.
Richard Tuttle, Titel 3, watercolor and paper, 7 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches, 1978.