Shiny, Happy Paintings

These reproductions don't capture it, but Melvin Martinez's paintings at Yvon Lambert gallery are very fishing-lure shiny. Besides using oil and acrylic paints, Martinez decorates these works with lots of glitter and confetti. The show is entitled "Fresh Paint," and the paintings' dominant vertical lines must refer to the image of globs of paint dripping down a canvas. Although the thick paint reminded me of far-out, psychedelic frosting, there is something a little too uniformed and calculated with each painting. (Image via Yvon Lambert gallery)