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Diane Simpson at Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Though it looks like an earthquake-destroyed parking garage or an uprooted step-pyramid, the preppy green and soothing beige color of this sculpture by Chicago-based artist Diane Simpson suggests unblinking calm. The title, Underskirt, gives the game away, bringing to mind a crinoline for a ‘Cubie’ from the Cubist-inspired 1913 alphabet book. (At Mitchell-Innes and Nash in Chelsea through Jan 24th).

Diane Simpson, Underskirt, oil stain and acrylic on MDF with cotton mesh, 44 x 69 x 7 inches, 1986.

Gladys Nilsson at Garth Greenan Gallery

Traditional perspective takes a vacation in riotous new collages by Chicago Imagist artist Gladys Nilsson featuring monumental female figures created from and surrounded by consumer goods. This quail-eggs-for-nipples-Venus yolks it up against a fertile arbor backdrop. (At Garth Greenan Gallery, through Dec 6th).

Gladys Nilsson, A Girl in the Arbor #3, mixed media on paper, 2013.

Ann Toebbe in ‘Inaugural Group Exhibition at 34 Orchard St’ at Monya Rowe Gallery

Chicago-based artist Ann Toebbe’s flattened perspective piques interest.  Here, a TV room’s couch looks like a modernist collage while the rest of the furnishings – shelves lined with books, a rocking chair and pictures featuring nature  – suggest homey Americana. (At Monya Rowe Gallery’s inaugural exhibition at a new Lower East Side space through Oct 20th).  

Ann Toebbe, TV Room, gouache and cut paper on panel, 15 x 20 inches, 2013.