Masakatsu Sashie at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Whether they hover over desolate wastelands piled with junk or barren city streets, Masakatsu Sashie’s floating spheres add another ominous note to already bleak, futuristic landscapes. Composed of old machines or cobbled together from an assortment of panels and featuring text that appears to be ads, the orbs grimly foretell a post-human world. (At Jonathan LeVine Gallery through Nov 12th).

Masakatsu Sashie, Invisible Rule, oil on canvas, 35 1/8 x 57 ¼ inches, 2016.
Masakatsu Sashie, Invisible Rule, oil on canvas, 35 1/8 x 57 ¼ inches, 2016.

EVOL at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Cardboard boxes are an inspired background for Berlin-based artist EVOL’s spray paintings of elements lifted from gritty urban facades. (At Jonathan LeVine Gallery in Chelsea through July 25th).

EVOL, Berliner Luft, spray paint and mixed media on cardboard, 28 11/16 x 36 9/16 inches, 2015.