Jiang He's Along Old Avenues II

A monumental square canvas, fifty inches to a side, rendered in oil and set within a blackened aluminum frame of considered depth — Along Old Avenues II carries the contemplative weight of its title. Jiang He's brushwork inhabits the space between memory and landscape, the painted surface held at a remove from the wall by a four-inch reveal that lends the work an almost sculptural presence. The matte severity of the black metal surround asks nothing of the composition itself, allowing the painting full authority over whatever interior it enters.