Kevin Zucker at Eleven Rivington

 

Kevin Zucker, 'Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),' acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.
Kevin Zucker, ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),’ acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.

Kevin Zucker’s new paintings of resort hotels in the rain might make us feel bad for the terrible weather on his travels…if he’d actually travelled.  Drawn together from various digital photos, imaginary scenes like ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers)’ resonate with recent work by other artists who have created ‘street photography’ from Google Street View.  However, as paintings, they seem to have more gravitas, regardless of how his dot technique emphasizes digital origins.  (At Eleven Rivington on the Lower East Side through Dec 22nd).

Kevin Zucker, 'Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),' acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.
Kevin Zucker, ‘Rain (Paradise Cove Towers),’ acrylic and toner on canvas, 2011.