CULTURE & LEISURE • Gallery Crawl
LEAH KE YI ZHENG: The artist’s (primarily) paint-based practice grapples with the division between her early education in traditional Chinese landscape painting and the avant-garde history of the Western art world that she learned as an adult. The resulting silk paintings, made in slightly asymmetrical shapes that require viewers pay closer attention to detail, are striking meditations on the universe’s big questions.
→ Visit: Mendes Wood DM (Tribeca, above) • solo show • 47 Walker St • Mon-Fri 11a-7p, Sat 10a-5p & by appointment, through March 1.
THE LORD WILL SPIT OUT THE LUKEWARM: It’s not often that a sparsely hung painting show produces an essence of punk, but Bortolami’s current group exhibition does just that. The included artists share practices that compile a plethora of information — most of it not visually obvious — processing it through paint. Named in homage to the motto of 1970s Düsseldorf punk bar the Ratinger Hof, the exhibition acknowledges the four artists as a younger generation in dialogue with the past.
→ Visit: Bortolami (Tribeca) • group exhibition featuring work by Violet Dennison, Kelsey Isaacs, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Olivia van Kuiken • 39 Walker St, Fl 2 • Tue-Sat 10a-6p & by appt, through March 1.
THE LOVING CUP: Even if you haven’t yet stepped into Jacqueline Sullivan’s quintessential downtown gallery space, you’ve likely viewed its photogenic interiors somewhere on the internet. Jacqueline’s latest exhibition, The Loving Cup, honors Valentine’s Day in its exploration of the ceremonious vessel. Participating artists and designers each made their own version of a loving cup, filling the gallery space and our eyes with numerous delights.
→ Visit: Jacqueline Sullivan (Tribeca) • group exhibition featuring work by A History of Frogs, Cara Bauermeister, Ficus Interfaith, Jordan McDonald, Skye Chamberlain, Sophie Stone, and a historical selection of design • 54 Walker St, 4th Fl • Wed-Sat 12-6p & by appt, through April 12. –Maria Vogel