Chris Johanson at Mitchell-Innes and Nash

Dominated by dominoes and colorful concentric circles with a cent sign at the middle, this painting by Mission School artist Chris Johanson suggests that life is a game, with cents and/or sense at the center. Scenes from everyday life – a bedroom, a suburban storefront – look like they could easily disintegrate into the surrounding abstraction at any moment. (At Mitchell-Innes and Nash in Chelsea through May 13th).

Chris Johanson, Dominoes and Impermanence with Love , acrylic on found wood, 64 ¼ x 73 ½ x 4 inches, 2015.