Downes Trifecta

This is the summer for Rackstraw Downes who is currently the subject of three exhibitions in the TriState area: His drawings, like this graphite on paper study of 1996, Obsolete Gas Tanks, Bayway, NJ, remain on view at Betty Cuningham Gallery through July 30; Onsite Paintings, 1972-2008, is at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY through August 8; and Under the Westside Highway is at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum through January 2