Mira Schor's 'The Red Tie Paintings' at Lyles & King through January 7, 2018

Mira Schor's exhibition 'The Red Tie Paintings' at Lyles & King's project space presents small-scale works that blend personal catharsis with political commentary. The show features oil, ink, and gouache pieces on paper and linen, with red and black as dominant colors. Schor describes her process as beginning with immediate responses to daily news, creating what she calls a cathartic functionality. Imagery includes symbolic elements like limp phalluses, a melting swastika, and eyes that double as bleeding vaginas. References to Charlotte Salomon, Nancy Spero, and Sue Coe inform the work's feminist and activist lineage. The exhibition runs through January 7, 2018, at 106 Forsyth Street at Broome Street. David Cohen authored the review for artcritical. The works combine lyrical intensity with shamanic urgency, recalling Goyaesque allegories and William Kentridge's animated props.