Sam Moyer, known for working her canvases over with ink and bleach, pairs up weathered cloth (on top) with slabs of marble (below), making a knowing comparison between her own process art and nature’s rather slower processes. (At Rachel Uffner Gallery on the Lower East Side through June 8th).
Sam Moyer, Zola, stone, ink on canvas mounted to mdf panel, 80 x 69 x .75 inches, 2014.
This new, candy-bright abstract by Joanne Greenbaum suggests maps, calligraphic squiggles, spirographs and more; it’s a standout in a lively show of Greenbaum’s new abstractions. (At Rachel Uffner Gallery on the Lower East Side through April 20th).
Joanne Greenbaum, Untitled, oil, acrylic and ink on canvas, 90 x 80 inches, 2014.
Disembodied hands snap photos at all angles from long tripods in ‘Truck Baby’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery on the Lower East Side. LA-based Samara Golden, known for disorderly installations of fantastical worlds, presents a more straightforward tableau here, in which anonymous hands record everything. (Through July 20th).
Samara Golden, installation view of ‘A Convocation of,’ foam, wood, acrylic, 2012 in ‘Truck Baby’ at Rachel Uffner Gallery.
Faded posters of ‘fade’ hairdos headline Barb Choit’s latest solo show, ‘Fade Diary.’ Featuring non-professional models, they recall yearbook photos, anthropological studies and mug shots while documenting faded fashions. In another photo, a model sporting a red glove echoes past styles while reflecting the present day NYC street in an image that has resonance with Lee Friedlander’s store-front photos currently uptown at Pace Gallery. (At Rachel Uffner Gallery, Lower East Side through Dec 23rd.)
One detached, one accusatory, doll-like and dark, masculine and feminine at the same time, these have to be among the stranger mermaids out there. Conceived of by Aurie Ramirez, an artist working at Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center, a studio program for mentally, physically and developmentally disabled adult artists, these girlish ladies stick in the mind for their sheer weirdness. (‘Creative Growth’ is at Rachel Uffner Gallery through August 10th.)
