Jackie Gendel at Thomas Erben Gallery

Jackie Gendel’s almost abstract chorus line of colorful figures appears chicly modern and homespun at the same time, recalling Gino Severini’s 1912 Futurist nightclub dancers but looking as if sewn together from fabric, an attractive and disarming effect achieved by painting in oil on vinyl. (At Thomas Erben Gallery through Oct 29th).

Jackie Gendel, As of yet untitled, oil and vinyl on linen, 40 x 30 inches, 2016.
Jackie Gendel, As of yet untitled, oil and vinyl on linen, 40 x 30 inches, 2016.

Jackie Gendel in ‘Bathers’ at Morgan Lehman Gallery

Jackie Gendel’s bathers cast hard stares or fall into melancholy sleep, their prone bodies acting as stand-ins for dunes under a darkening sky.  (At Chelsea’s Morgan Lehman Gallery through Aug 23rd).  

Jackie Gendel, At the Beach, water dispersed pigment and vinyl on canvas, 2013.