shades of gray
On the overstuffed Pier 94, the quality varies even more than usual this year - and in places the schlock gets so thick you may rue paying a $50 admission. (Chelsea galleries, after all, are free to visit.) A moment of respite comes from the Galleria d'Arte Maggiore from Bologna, which has brought a wide span of paintings by Giorgio Morandi: his absorbing still lifes in mucky grays and browns, but also more unusual paintings like a street scene rendered in pale pink and khaki.
They're paired here with spare abstractions by the Korean painter Lee Ufan, which feature just a few evidentiary strokes of gray paint on white. In historical terms the pairing is questionable; visually, it's lovely.
