“The hierarchy of the word ‘front’ is so strong…” explained painter Dona Nelson in a recent interview, concisely conveying how rule-breaking it still feels to exhibit paintings in an upright freestanding frame vs wall mounting them. Her current show at Chelsea’s Thomas Erben Gallery includes two-sided paintings like ‘Early September,’ a canvas that combines a grid system and patterns of dripped lines to play order and chaos against each other. (On view through April 3rd).
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Tom Wesselmann at Gagosian Gallery
Still life paintings by Tom Wesselmann at Gagosian Gallery are literally the biggest show of the moment in Chelsea. At over 27 feet long, this arrangement of sun glasses, lipstick and more from 1973 was meant to represent the objects a woman might leave by a bedside table. (On view through Feb 24th).