Sally Gall at Winston Wachter Gallery

At first glance, photos from Sally Gall’s Aerial series at Chelsea’s Winston Wachter Gallery create happy confusion; abstract shapes and vibrant colors lure us into trying to understand what’s being represented.  After a longer look, what appeared to be sea life or flowers resolves into items seen from below on a clothes-line.  Even after the ‘ah-ha’ moment of identification, Gall’s images continue to entice as colorful and complex abstractions.  (On view in Chelsea through March 5th).

Sally Gall, Composition #1, archival pigment print, various image and edition sizes available, 2015.

Sally Gall at Julie Saul Gallery

Sally Gall’s gorgeous, boldly colored photos bring to mind flowers, sea creatures and fungi; in fact, the billowing organic shapes are laundry items, photographed from under a drying line. The show wonderfully affirms the beauty in the everyday. (At Julie Saul Gallery through Oct 22nd)

Sally Gall, Red Poppy, pigment print, 33 x 50 inches, 2014.
Sally Gall, Red Poppy, pigment print, 33 x 50 inches, 2014.