Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production

Sascha Braunig’s surreal image suggests a mannequin coming to life and questioning its captivity to an unseen source on the back left. Thin grey sheets standing in for arms seem to occupy another dimension, offering the hopeful possibility that this mildly struggling figure will slip away by unexpected means. (At Foxy Production on the Lower East Side through April 2nd).

Sascha Braunig, Unseen Forces, oil on linen over panel, 42 x 36 inches, 2017.

Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production

Bodies morph into nearly unrecognizable emanations in Sascha Braunig’s new group of oil on linen paintings, including ‘Feeder,’ in which an artificial life form both emerges from and feeds from a pattered background. (At Foxy Production through April 18th).

Sascha Braunig, Feeder, oil on linen over panel, 31 x 16 inches, 2014.

Sascha Braunig at Foxy Production

Sascha Braunig, Nets, gouache and acryla-gouache on paper, 2012.
Sascha Braunig, Nets, gouache and acryla-gouache on paper, 2012.

‘Nets’ by young, Maine-based painter Sascha Braunig blurs the boundaries between her subject and his/her background, begging the question of where this individual’s boundaries lie.  Is (s)he real or virtual?  What effects have applied?  And where might we meet such a person?  (At Chelsea’s Foxy Production, through Feb 9th).