Take a break from all the stuffy Chelsea galleries, and enjoy a breath of fresh air at Jonathen LeVine’s gallery. His space completely focuses on underground art, and in doing so brings in the cutting-edge and quirky artists that could otherwise fall through the cracks. The gallery formerly operated in Philadelphia and New Hope, PA as the Tin Man Alley Gallery and moved to New York just a few years ago. Exhibiting celebrated, unknown, and controversial artists, the exhibitions run approximately every six weeks, and this six-week cycle, showcasing the art of Lori Earley and Tara McPherson, has only a few weeks left.

Fade to Grey is Lori Earley’s solo exhibition, focusing on a subdued color-palette (a first for the artist) of graphite drawings. In Fade to Gray, Lori Earley evokes mood and intensity by blending photorealist painting techniques with Mannerist elements of surreal distortion in haunting female portraits. The muted colors express the artist’s exhaustion from a period of arduous work, and expanding on this theme for the installation itself, all pieces are framed in white and displayed on custom Victorian-inspired wallpaper. Jarring and intriguing at the same time, its surreal nature pulls you in.

Lost Constellations is Tara McPherson’s solo exhibition, that combines oil paintings and resin-cast sculptures (a new medium experience for the artist) incorporated into site-specific installations. Depicting adventurous super-heroines from an alternate universe, crossing dimensional planes of time and space, McPherson considers the idea of parallel existence. Using her signature bold and graphic style, Tara’s imagery uses a reoccurring cast of female characters appearing in various states of action - fighting battles and growing toward self-discovery. McPherson’s visual stories explore love, loss and loneliness through variations on strength, vulnerability and female empowerment.

The female artist tag team’s combination of distinct styles is enough reason to pull you into LeVine’s space for a look at some of today’s real underground art - a chance to breathe easy in the freshest originality. For more info click here.