Nina Chanel Abney at Kravets/Wehby Gallery & Anna Kustera Gallery

Nina Chanel Abney, detail of 'I Dread to Think,' acrylic on canvas, 2012.
Nina Chanel Abney, detail of ‘I Dread to Think,’ acrylic on canvas, 2012.

Nina Chanel Abney says she’s ‘living in an age of information overload,’ and her new paintings prove the point by piling up disguised references to mass media content, from politics to advertising. This detail – from an over 20-foot long mural titled ‘I Dread to Think’ – surprisingly jumbles race, religion and gender in two female deities. (At Kravets/Wehby Gallery and Anna Kustera Gallery on 21st Street in Chelsea through Nov 24th).