FIELD OF PLAY

Current

Seeing and Recognition

The Paintings of Lee Sherry (1947-2012)

Curated by David McDonough, Susan Bee, Zak Vreeland

Extended through June 28th, 2026

Closing reception Sunday, June 28th, 3-6pm with a curator discussion at 4pm.

We are thrilled to share a curator interview featured in Art Spiel. Thank you Etty Yaniv and Art Spiel for shining a light on this brilliant and enigmatic artist. Read the feature here.

Seeing and Recognition: The Paintings of Lee Sherry opens Thursday, May 28th, 6-8pm at our new location, 126 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Join us in inaugurating our new space along with our friends and collaborators Tappeto Volante.

Seeing and Recognition is the first survey show of the paintings of Lee Sherry (1947-2012). Lee was the daughter of founders of The Second City theater troupe. She had close ties to the Language poets and was part of an avant-garde painting circle in SoHo. Lee showed in the 1970s and 1980s but never gained wide recognition or fame. She left behind a mysterious and enigmatic body of work that is particular to her sensibility while channeling centuries of painting interests and special techniques. Rarely seen yet deeply resonant, Sherry’s singular practice feels at once ancient and strikingly fresh. This show introduces her elusive and poetic work to a new audience.

Our field is getting bigger. We are thrilled to announce Field of Play is moving to a new location at 126 13th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. This move ushers in the next phase of the continued development of the gallery with a larger space and expanded programming. Here we will continue close collaboration with our friends and neighbors at Tappeto Volante. We look forward to welcoming you to our inaugural exhibition at our new location– Seeing and Recognition: The Paintings of Lee Sherry, opening Thursday, May 28th, 6-8pm.

Pictured from top left to bottom right, Heather Drayzen, David Shaw, Yasmeen Abdallah, Kyra Wolfenbarger, Kate Skakel, David McDonough, eri king, Kate Sherman, Wesley Ware, Greg Dzurita, Matthew Logsdon, and Patrick Bower. Not pictured, Anita Trombetta, Mark Sengbusch, and Reenal Igboanugo. Photography by Daniel Greer.

Recent

Nowhere It Was

Terra Keck, Rose Malenfant, and Hannah Rust

Curated by Greg Dzurita

On view through April 19th, 2026

Catalogue available in our web store.

TRADING CARDS III, presented in conjunction with Watercolour Society

March 7th from 5-8pm at the Active Space

Participating Artists:

Sarah Angele Wilson, Kate Rusek, Juan-Manuel Pinzon, Srishti Dass, Bradley Milligan, Dan Gausman, Zakariya Abdul-Qadir, Heather Drayzen, Kyle Gallagher, Jeremy McBrian, Matthew Giordano, Edward Salas, Marco DaSilva, Aparna Sarkar, Nicole Schonitzer, Natalie Ortiz, Michael Gac Levin, Taylor Keister, Sarah Davidson, Joshua Drayzen, Catie Dillon, Amelia Briggs, DW Zinsser, Amy Decker, Jan Dickey, Himeka Murai, Amir Badawi, Asya Yaschenko, Alex Diamant, Jennifer Grimyser, Erin Hinz, Paul Loughney, Kalcium Fortified, Jebediah Long, Lauren Packard, Karen Leo, Patrick Bower, Halona Hilbertz, Robert Zurer, Ash Fritzsche, Pilar Lagos, Tracie Lee, Caitlin Reid, Leah Huang, Carrie R, Michael Saunders, Justin Martin

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