Painting in Bushwick

(detail) Shingo Francis, Bound for Eternity, 2012 (courtesy of the artist and Bo
(detail) Shingo Francis, Bound for Eternity, 2012 (courtesy of the artist and Bogart Salon)

Charles Kessler blogs about several impressive painting exhibitions currently on view at the 56 Bogart building in Bushwick, Brooklyn including: Shingo Francis: Bound For Eternity at Bogart Salon (through July 23), There Are No Giants Upstairs at Theodore:Art (through July 29), Text at Studio 10 (through July 22) and Claudia Chaseling: Infiltration at Slag Gallery (through August 30).

Kessler writes: "The best contemporary art in NYC right now can be seen in Bushwick, all in one building - 56 Bogart... [including] breathtaking wrap-around colorfield paintings by Shingo Francis... [and] Theodore:Art has one of the best shows of small abstract paintings I’ve seen in a long time."