Romare Bearden’s ‘The Evening Meal of Prophet Peterson’ is a standout in Michael Rosenfeld Gallery’s current show of collage in American art. Combining multiple images for the faces of the main male and female characters at an abundant dinner table, Bearden invites speculation on the many facets that make up a man or woman. (In Chelsea through April 1st).
Mass groups of nude men and women, pawns in a larger social design, populate European-American artist Irving Norman’s work from the late 60s to 80s, now on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery. Here, futuristic planes packed with passengers shoot out polluting smoke as they blast ominously forward. (In Chelsea through October 25th).
Irving Norman, Airport, oil on canvas, 92 x 119 ¾ inches, 1972.
