Upon entering Almine Rech in Tribeca my eyes darted across the canvases installed on the white walls and a question jumped into my mind: “What is the secret here?” The magnetic works reveal many hidden ins and outs. Their presence unveils an absence, missing surfaces that are ready for the eye to get to the bottom of. It is almost like being pulled by the nose in a search to uncover secrets. The works’ rich immersive details provoke an investigation into the imagery, and in general, the exhibition evokes a deep curiosity that ignites creativity in the audience’s viewing process.

Although Alexandre Lenoir has shown at the gallery’s Upper East Side location, Between Dogs and Wolves is the artist’s first show at the gallery’s Tribeca outpost. His work feels very comfortable on the vast white walls. The exhibition spans three rooms giving each of Lenoir’s seventeen works enough room to breathe, even creating a harmonious balance between them. The interplay of colors—yellows, greens, earthy browns, bloody reds, and blues—combined with evocative images like houses, flowers, bodies in open fields, and interiors of restaurants adds to the depth and warmth of the works, inviting the viewer to connect emotionally and intellectually.