Yuji Agematsu at Miguel Abreu Gallery

Daily for the past twenty years, New York artist Yuji Agematsu has walked the city streets collecting refuse and reforming it into artful accumulations and arrangements. Here, he has allowed lollipops to melt and deteriorate before arresting them in precise moments of decay that still recall the joy of a freshly unwrapped piece of candy while fast forwarding to the end of that pleasure. (At Miguel Abreu Gallery through April 2nd).

Yuji Agematsu, no time, no location, lollipops, paper and plastic sticks, hair, thread, cellophane, chewing gum and mixed media inserted into wall, 18 x 25 ½ x 5 ¼ inches, 2013 – 16.