Girl in the Bottle, 2011 © Marc Yankus/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

In his third solo show with the gallery, native New Yorker Marc Yankus presents new work from Call It Sleep, as well as a series of recent photomontage still lifes. The project derives it’s name from Henry Roth’s 1934 critically acclaimed novel, about a young Jewish boy’s coming of age in the slum of Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Through Yankus’s photographs, he nostalgically portrays the city’s architecture, moody streets and pulse with his unique personal vision. The opening reception for Marc Yankus’s Call It Sleep will be Thursday, November 3, 6–8pm at ClampArt in New York City, the exhibit will be on view until December 17th.

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Woodchuck, 2005 © Jesse Burke/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

Jesse Burke’s Intertidal will be on view though July 9th at ClampArt, New York City.

© Ion Zupcu, “November 11, 2009 #2,” Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City

Romanian-born photographer Ion Zupcu examines the cube in his third solo exhibit at ClampArt. The minimalist images of the cube play on perception of scale and solidity, become monolithic architectural structures and delicate transparent mosaics, as well as hexahedronic whispers, through Zupcu’s lens. Ion Zupcu’s Painted Cubes will be on view though May 28th at ClampArt, New York City.

Laundry, 2008. © Estate of Luke Smalley/Courtesy of ClampArt, NYC

Luke Smalley (1955–2009), who died last May, was known for his playfully provocative imagery intertwining fashion, youth culture and masculinity. Sunday Drive is his final project—a frisky off-beat narrative of three beautiful young women prepping themselves for a Sunday drive to see their incarcerated boyfriends at the State penitentiary. The opening reception for Luke Smalley’s Sunday Drive is Thursday, November 5, from 6–8pm, the exhibit will be on view through December 19 at ClampArt, New York City. Sunday Drive by Luke Smalley is also a new book published by TwinPalms.

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© Amy Stein/Courtesy of ClampArt, New York City.

Roman Candle, 2008, by Amy Stein from her Domesticated exhibit at ClampArt in New York City. In Domesticated, artist Amy Stein explores the archetypal motif of man versus nature. More specifically, her photographs explore the tenuous relationship between man and animals as human civilization continues to encroach upon nature. On view until October 31 at ClampArt, 521–531 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, New York, City.