Max Kozloff is renowned – indeed in some circles revered – as an art critic with a special interest in photography, and as a photographer. An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 celebrated his contributions in both departments. But DC Moore now presents his debut exhibition in another medium, painting, in an exhibition titled Max Kozloff: The Atmospherics of Interruption. Painting is a longstanding private interest of increased fascination in later life, he explains, explored in compensation for increasing deafness. “I intimated the idea that brushstrokes, marks and touches could have a musical import, as they are elaborated in an indefinite space”, he has written. Works like “Creatures from the Orange Lagoon” 2002, pictured here, betray affinities with mentors as diverse as George Inness, Philip Guston, Cy Twombly, and Pierre Bonnard, as well as a touch and sensibility unique to the artist. DAVID COHEN
Oil on linen, 38 x 48 inches, courtesy of the artist and DC Moore Gallery
535 West 22nd Street, through January 26