Jamian Juliano-Villani at JTT Gallery

Jamian Juliano-Villani enchants critics with her latest show of realist paintings featuring “plenty funny” (Art Forum) yet “haunting (Art in America) collaged-together imagery. The “closely watched rising star’s” (Artnet) “impressive…gonzo paintings” (The New Yorker) include this blue-furred model strutting the runway with Key Food bags – a setup that offers entre into a strange alternative universe. (On view at JTT Gallery on the Lower East Side through Feb 24th).

Jamian Juliano-Villani, Three Penny Opera, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 50 inches, 2018.