Joseph Zito with Gary Mayer at Lennon Weinberg Gallery

Brooklyn-based artist Joseph Zito’s forays into beekeeping inspired his recent series of hives, created in tandem with artist friends and currently on display at Lennon Weinberg Gallery in Chelsea.  Here, painter Gary Mayer’s energetically painted box issues a warning, portraying a cluster of frenetic bees in a paradise of flowers on one side and dead bees experiencing colony collapse on the other.  (On view through August 17th).

Joseph Zito with Gary Mayer, Lamentation, 22 ½ x 22 x 13 3/4 inches, 2018.