Theodora Allen at Paul Kasmin Gallery

LA painter Theodora Allen’s first New York solo show features medieval shields as frames for plants with medicinal or harmful uses.  Here, the hallucinogenic Jimsonweed materializes on the support like a ghostly presence, pointing to the non-tangible world of experience.  (On view at Paul Kasmin Gallery’s 515 West 27th Street location through March 9th.)

Theodora Allen, Shield (Jimsonweed), oil and watercolor on linen, 26 x 20 inches, 2018.