Juan Usle's organic geometry

I apologize for the photos above--it's impossible to convey the charms of Juan Usle's warm, charming paintings.

He paints in thin, translucent layers, grids mostly, to which the press release for the show credits his living in New York City part time. I'm not sure about that, but the discrete blocks in much of this work makes me think of the many discrete days Usle had to sit down to get his canvases to glow like they do.

At Cheim & Reid until March 15.