Alfred Mac Adam reviews the recent exhibition Elise Ansel: Dialogue at Danese/Corey Gallery, New York.

Mac Adam writes: “Ansel investigates the ‘dialogues’ her paintings establish with the great masters … We can identify three moments in the gestation of Ansel’s version: first, her contemplation of the original in one form or another (in person, in a book, or on a computer); second, her analysis of the painting into the shapes and color juxtapositions dictated to her by her perception; and third, the re-composition of her perception into the painting we see.”