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Kim Dingle at Sperone Westwater Gallery

After complaining that she could paint her signature subject matter – little girls behaving badly – blindfolded, that’s just what Kim Dingle did to create the work in her recent series.  Using her hand as a guide, Dingle maps out characters like these from memory in oil on Plexiglas.  Here, two slightly sinister looking girls, drawn with fluidity and proportions reminiscent of Mickey Mouse, exchange compliments on each others’ wild hair. (On view at Sperone Westwater Gallery on the Lower East Side through March 3rd).

Kim Dingle, Untitled (like your hair), oil on Plexiglas, framed, 51 x 41 x 2 ½ inches, 2017.

Tom Sachs at Sperone Westwater

Tom Sachs creates an updated cabinet of curiosities in his latest show at Sperone Westwater with his display of fake moon rocks. (On view on the Lower East Side through Oct 28th).

Tom Sachs, detail of Synthetic Mars Rocks (Sandinista), plywood, epoxy resin, lead, latex paint, steel, 50 x 36 x 9 inches, 2016.

Katherine Bradford in ‘Pictograph’ at Sperone Westwater Gallery

Sperone Westwater’s lively group painting show, Pictograph, considers artworks that communicate in an engagingly ambiguous way. Katherine Bradford’s duo could be embracing, but the title ‘The Argument’ suggests that the washy emanation on the left could be an inner voice or an important influencer to the tie-wearing figure on the right. (On view on the Lower East Side through August 4th).

Katherine Bradford, The Argument, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 2017.

Heinz Mack at Sperone Westwater Gallery

Post-war German ZERO group leader Heinz Mack carries his decades-long interest in color right up to his recent work, including this nearly 20-foot long abstract painting at Sperone Westwater on the Lower East Side. Titled ‘The Garden of Eden (Chromatic Constellation),’ Mack’s colors conjure verdant earth and the colors of the hot sun and cool night. (On view through March 25th.)

Heinz Mack, The Garden of Eden (Chromatic Constellation), acrylic on canvas, 143 x 236 inches, 2011.

Emil Lukas at Sperone Westwater Gallery

At over eight feet tall, this structure of welded aluminum tubes by Emil Lukas not only dominates Sperone Westwater’s small back gallery, it commandeers our vision. By leading our gaze toward a single point on the wall behind, it melds sculpture with the role of painting and drawing by creating one-point perspective. (On the Lower East Side through Feb 11th).

Emil Lukas, Liquid Lens, aluminum, 107 x 136 x 40 inches, 2016.
Emil Lukas, Liquid Lens, aluminum, 107 x 136 x 40 inches, 2016.