Thomas Nozkowski at Pace Gallery

Endlessly inventive abstract painter Thomas Nozkowski’s new show of work at Pace Gallery’s 510 West 25th Street space was partly inspired by walks he’s taken upstate. This untitled oil painting could reference a frozen puddle or light seen through a configuration of rocks…the artist leaves it up to us. (Through April 25th).

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (9-46), oil on linen on panel, 22” x 28,” 2014.

Thomas Nozkowski at Pace Gallery

“With Nozkowski, a good, slow look-’n’-solve is part of the fun,” Tyler Green of Modern Art Notes has observed in response to Nozkowski’s puzzle-like paintings.  Packed with familiar yet alien forms, they translate the everyday world into abstraction. (At Pace Gallery’s 508 West 25th Street location through March 23rd).  

Thomas Nozkowski, Untitled (9-22), oil on linen on panel, 2012.