JR and Jose Parla outside Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery

I’ve been looking forward to globe-trotting street artist JR’s opening at Chelsea’s Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery next Tuesday, so spotting the artist and Jose Parla as they created this wall mural last Saturday on the gallery exterior was a treat.  For their collaborative project, JR and Parla photographed and interviewed seniors including this stately woman.  (‘The Wrinkles of the City’ opens May 7 and runs through July 12).

Ryan Humphrey at DCKT Contemporary

Ryan Humphrey brings street life inside by making art from signage, brass knuckles, music and more in a show that includes paintings in the guise of caution tape, available by the piece or all together.  A comment on desensitization or just plain desensitization?  (At DCKT Contemporary on the Lower East Side through May 12th).  

Ryan Humphrey, Tapes, acrylic on canvas, seven parts, 2013.