Opening: Regina Silveira at Alexander Gray Associates
Regina Silveira’s work evokes things that aren’t there—a Duchamp readymade, a torrent of frogs, an oversize comb—using what appear to be theatrical shadows but are actually vinyl prints. At first glance, the Brazilian artist’s work is always perceptually confusing, especially since the things that appear to be casting the shadows, the very thing that are normally the objects, aren’t present. Simultaneously references to Plato’s cave allegory and fun mindbenders, Silveira’s playful, formal installations play with the way we perceive a gallery space. After all, this show, which features a room-size installation, will be replaced at the end of its run by yet another show—the objects are here today, gone tomorrow, as the saying goes. Only the shadows will be left behind. —Alex Greenberger
Alexander Gray Associates, 510 West 26th Street, 6–8 p.m.
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