“This earlier work by Liam Everett is imbued with a truly handmade physicality. The mysterious forms, all scratchy and blurry, hover and pulsate within its unpretentious simple wooden frame. An economy of materials produces an abundance of visual delight.”

“You could be forgiven for thinking this is a portrait of a Bourgeois spider emerging from isolation. Overweight and slightly lethargic, there is a sturdiness and resilience in the bodily form of this being or object as it hovers in an ice-blue cloud. It rightly confounds our expectations and desires to categorise and label, but one cannot deny its sharp, confident presence.”

“It’s 2am and the drinks have been drunk. The room is tilting, bodies dissolving and the cat is hungry. It is almost like the pause button has been pressed on this moment between revelry and sleep, where time is a triangle upended into a martini glass. No matter how strange it all is, a deep serenity pervades this scene of luscious color.”

“This textured and alluring paradise by British-Chinese artist Gordon Cheung quietly explores China’s history, international relationships and power. Stock listings of the Financial Times literally underpin this magical sandy landscape. Nature takes a back seat as we are seduced by its gorgeous colours and imagery of winding roads, with the promise of a progressive future that has already arrived.”.

“A moment of intimacy, privacy and action is expressed in this photographic work by B. Ingrid Olson. The body in space and the body creating space are both explored in this moment in progress. Legs extend and lift into the air and off to the side; between them is a window through which we view an angled hand about to slide deep into a crevice. The work is both sensual and playful, with the artist inviting us to be both quiet viewers and imaginary participants.”

“This earlier work by Tomory Dodge reminds me of first discovering his luscious paintings as the art world awoke again to abstraction. Layers of luscious stripes in delicious thick oil are applied with obvious love for the medium, and scraped back with care to reveal what lies beneath. More champagne than trash for me.”

“Who can forget Orkideh Torabi’s installation at NADA NYC in 2018! Pattern and decoration continue to enliven Torabi’s dyed fabric paintings, with figures here engaged in conversation in the cosy environment of a men’s bathhouse. One can only guess at the role of a small-size sock in this conversation, and the artist raises more questions about tradition and relationships than she answers.”

“With printed matter slowly disappearing from our lives and on its way to becoming future artefacts, thankfully we have Jeff Gibson to facilitate renewed appreciation of the medium. Combined through decoupage, Gibson brings to life an obscure selection of imagery from advertising, street scenes and Hollywood archives. These fragments are cut, arranged, fixed and delivered as a kind of ‘painting’ that mirrors our own image-laden environments. Gibson celebrates the visual and physical history of the printed form – and it’s all in the detail.”

“We could all do with some humor right now, and often the best humor is underpinned by uncomfortable truths. Harris is known for making art that pushes the boundaries of taste and this week he wins with this choice cut of pig’s nuts.”

“What greater homage for your favorite artwork than to have it as your lock screen? For the painter-sculptor Nicholas Buffon, the choice to depict Opie’s powerful work “Self-Portrait/Cutting” on a 12-inch pine ‘phone’ is, for me, a touching display of respect. The process of reverence makes clear the importance of one artist to another, and the complexities of that exchange. The result is something true to Buffon’s practice and a new tale is being told.”

“Instructions, communication, public service – all things that are very much on our minds right now – inform this work by Frank Heath made in 2018. I can’t really make out what is going on, but in 2020 this rather banal imagery from a US post office (places not known for high tech efficiency) brings forth uncomfortable truths about the movement of goods and systems that are either in decline or broken entirely. It might also be a love letter to correspondence and communication – the ambiguity of meaning now even more heightened in these pandemic days.”

“Texture, colour and form lap right to the edges of this painting by Rodriguez, who is known for his vibrant sculptural paintings in homemade frames, where nothing seems immune to being painted or covered. I am not sure how something which has elements of painting, collage, texture and sculpture can also feel minimal, but maybe that lies in its supreme elegance and balance. For me this painting feels rooted in nature, and at the same time other-worldly.”