Summer shows: SVA MFA Thesis Exhibition

Many galleries use the summer lull while their high rollin' clients are in the Hamptons to show off a bit of the back catalog, but there are also thesis shows where you might be able catch a rising star before they're called up to the pro leagues. The MFA show at School of Visual Arts has some great work on display. A few of note:

Rachel Papo
Inspired by her own military experience, Papo documents the lives of Israel's female conscripts (seen above, but part of the ASMPNY Image 05 Competition show through 7/24). A nice bridge between Lauren Greenfield's continuing examination of American girls and Rineke Dijkstra's semi-longitudinal portraits of young soldiers (including Israelis.)

Chien-Hsing Jeff Liao
A portrait of Queens, NY, as defined by the route of the 7 train. Great wide-angle work, a bit of Bernice Abbott mixed with Stephen Shore.

Shuli Hallak
Soup to nuts on cargo container shipping. As a group, solid, with at least one mezmerising image (I'll leave it to you to guess which one.)

Through July 30th at Visual Arts Gallery
601 W 26th St, Suite 1502