Iman Raad: Tongue Tied at Sargent’s Daughters from March 18 – May 7th, 2017

179 East Broadway, NYC.

**The Hero, 2016, acrylic on wood and raw canvas, found objects, 190 x 60 x 40 inches, photo by Sargent’s Daughters.**

**Installation view, Iman Raad: Tongue Tied at Sargent’s Daughters, New York.**

**It’s all about the details. Iman Raad: Tongue Tied at Sargent’s Daughters, New York.**

This past weekend featured a vast array of art on display in Lower East Side galleries. One notable example is Iman Raad’s exhibition “Tongue Tied” at Sargent’s Daughters, in which the artist contemporizes and contextualizes the rich heritage of Persian miniature paintings in a series of delightfully lively still lives.

Takashi Kunitani: Pink Objects at Ulterior Gallery from April 8- May 7, 2017

172 Attorney Street, NYC.

Installation view, Takashi Kunitani: Pink Objects at Ulterior Gallery, New York.

Takashi Kunitani’s Pink Objects, on view at Ulterior Gallery, invites viewers literally to look at the world from a new perspective – his neon works, lying facedown on glass shelves, are viewable only from crouching below the level of the works. This method offers a unique viewing experience, as well as a tie-in to the pornographic origins of the phrases utilized in the work.

J.B. Murray: Visions from the Sun at Shrine Gallery from April 13 – May 14, 2017

191 Henry Street, NYC 10002.

**Installation view, J.B. Murray: Visions from the Sun at Shrine Gallery, New York.**

J. B. Murray’s Visions from the Sun at Shrine highlights the late Outsider artist’s spiritual works – strikingly accessible abstract drawings, the product of what Murray believed to be divinely-inspired hallucinations.

Denise Treizman at M E N Gallery from March 29 to April 30, 2017

13 Monroe Street, NYC 10002.

**Artist Denise Treizman at M E N Gallery, New York.**

**Detail of the work by Denise Treizman at M E N Gallery, New York.**

**A view from outdoors of Denise Treizman at M E N Gallery, New York.**

Rounding out the group is Denise Treizman’s installation at M E N Gallery, a large tapestry incorporating fragments of objects, which playfully fills that space in the spirit of a monumental painterly gesture.

Writing by Jennifer Wolf

Selection of the shows by Jamie Martinez (Publisher) and Jennifer Wolf.

Photographs by Jamie Martinez.

Jennifer Wolf

Jennifer Wolf is an art administrator and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. She has worked in Chelsea galleries since 2010, and holds degrees in art history from Stony Brook University and Hunter College.