Art
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BIG BANGS London artist Sarah Pickering’s large-scale photographs are on display in “Explosions.”The series captures controlled, simulated explosions using pyrotechnics for British law enforcement training. The explosions were meant to re-create the look of explosions caused by napalm, firebombs, land mines, and other deadly materials. A previous series focused on the falsefront “towns” used as disaster simulation training centers. Through Saturday, February 25, Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 511 W. 25th St. at Tenth Avenue, no. 506, 212-255-8158, free.
WATERCOLOR CITY Frederick Brosen’s exhibit “Still New York” features 18 watercolor paintings depicting scenes including the city’s most celebrated skyscrapers and its forgotten industrial corners. Through Sunday, February 26, Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave. at 103rd Street, 212-534-1672, $7 general, $5 students and seniors, members free.
OLD PAPER, NEW INK New drawings by Chuck Webster are on display at Zieher-Smith. The artist uses torn selections from his large collection of antique paper, creating biomorphic forms with colored pencil, ink, and watercolor. The show coincides with “The Painted World,” a group show at P.S.1 Contemporary in which Mr. Webster’s work is also on display through January 30. Zieher-Smith also is displaying Joey Haley’s paintings in “Weird Waters.” Through Saturday, January 28, Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., ZieherSmith, 531 W. 25th St., between Tenth and Eleventh avenues, 212-229-1088, free.
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH Arthur Aubry’s photographs of barren industrial landscapes in the Pacific Northwest are on display at Gitterman Gallery. He captures the geometry in metal spirals of cast-off bedding, giant stacks of shipping pallets, and grimy machines of all kinds. Through Saturday, January 28, Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Gitterman Gallery, 170 E. 75th St., between Third and Lexington avenues, 212-734-0868, free.
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