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Roe Ethridge at Andrew Kreps Gallery

In Roe Ethridge’s tableau, juicy red apples are more of the poisonous, Snow White variety than the kind used to make all-American apple pie. Coupled with scattered cancer sticks and the words ‘American Spirit’ – a nod to two iconic photos titled ‘Spiritual America’ that criticized aspects of US culture –Ethridge’s assortment of objects is less innocuous than it first seems. (At Andrew Kreps Gallery in Chelsea through April 8th.)

Roe Ethridge, Apples, Almonds, American Spirit, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 49 ½ x 33 inches, 2017.

Roe Ethridge at Andrew Kreps Gallery

For his latest series, ‘Sacrifice Your Body,’ New York based photographer Roe Ethridge took a trip to his mom’s hometown in Belgrade, Florida, gathering images that loosely suggest a relationship between mother and son. Here, a phone off the hook suggests a receiver dropped in surprise. (At Chelsea’s Andrew Kreps Gallery through March 29th).

Roe Ethridge, Yellow Phone, c-print, 34 ¾ x 45 7/8, 2013.