Sarah Bednarek and Leigh Ruple at Morgan Lehman Gallery

Cancer treatment in 2009 caused Sarah Bednarek to experience hallucinations of a geometric world; in her show at Morgan Lehman Gallery, she manifests these visions as sculptural forms that seem to simultaneously offer the mysteries of a red void and the domestic banality of veneered wood. Behind, Leigh Ruple’s vividly colored, lethargic character is barely contained by the canvas. (In Chelsea through July 29th).

Sarah Bednarek, Concave Sibling, MDF walnut, paint, 30 x 30 x 30 inches, 2016 (foreground.)  Leigh Ruple, Listless, Idle, oil on canvas, 60 x 66 inches, 2014.
Sarah Bednarek, Concave Sibling, MDF walnut, paint, 30 x 30 x 30 inches, 2016 (foreground.) Leigh Ruple, Listless, Idle, oil on canvas, 60 x 66 inches, 2014.