Another depicts an elegantly costumed woman from the back, standing alone on a balcony, a wooded estate visible from her perch. The photos seem like stills from a period movie, and are grouped on the wall. Burgin's travelogue can be loosely traced to Henri Lefebvre's notion of space as divorced from the body, formed instead by representations created by TV and computers. Strange, elliptic and haunting. Painting this season has seen blue chips from Terry Winters at Matthew Marks to the C zannesque works of Paul Bloodgood at AC Project Room.
Young painters abound in the galleries.
Some are outright copyists, stealing any idea they can, but not having the drive, ability or vision to reinvent those ideas. It's the same with painting. The gamut has run from lousy to impressive. A stylist falling somewhere between David Reed and Jonathan Lasker, Usl makes ultra-refined paintings that are ambitious in scope and marked by an emphasis on depth and physicality. Chaotic and controlled, her best compositions are cheery, bright and visually dexterous.