Galerie Lelong presents Stretching Painting, “an exhibition featuring the work of ten artists who engage “supporting” elements of painting, such as the frame, the wall, stretchers and hanging devices, as critical components of their work.”
Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, curated by Matthew Higgs for James Cohan, “considers the complex entanglements between non-representational art and everyday life.”
Context Message, at Zach Feur, is “informally assembled in concert with and in resistance to some of the recent theorizations of contemporary painting.”
The Big Picture, at Sikkema Jenkins, features “paintings by eight contemporary artists who predominately work in small or modest scale.”
Alighiero Boetti: Game Plan, at the MoMA, spans “Boetti’s entire career, beginning with his sculptural works, or objects as he preferred to call them, comprised of everyday materials including wood, cardboard, and aluminum.”
SUMMERTIME Salon 2012, at Robin Rice, “immerses the viewer in the mood of the season with its breezy and joyful tone fused with a contemporary edge.”