 One of the artists in Lisson Gallery's Aspects of Abstraction show was a revelation to me: Leon Polk Smith. Smith said "You can't explain a painting. It explains itself, if you give it a chance."
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  Heimo Zobernig's 'Untitled' in Some Bodies show at Petzel Seated Ballerina by Jeff KoonsThe cloth alone weighs 200 pounds: the piece can be inflated in 20 minutes flat.
 Chantal Joffe at Cheim & ReadBella on Red, part of Chantal Joffe's show. Creamy skin and an acidic glance in this painting of the nine-year-old child of a friend.
 Christan Holstad at Andrew KrepsTerrific show by Christian Holstad. The artist's work process for pieces like the one above is to make crocheted shards that refer to his body, then dip them in clay and fire them. This piece is a 'Showering Figure' - one of two.
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