
“Mystery Achievement”
The artists in “Mystery Achievement” are all master showmen. As indicated by the exhibition's title, the four pieces on display are deceptive: Through impressive feats of sleight of hand, they make complexity look easy. Frank Benson's contribution, a life-size sculpture of a mutant Galapagos turtle, has a plaster-colored softness and a slight, seasick tilt. In place of flippers and head, casts of the artist's hands protrude from under the shell, gesturing with a poignant expressiveness that makes the absence of realistic limbs even more abject. Daniel Lefcourt offers up a gorgeous painting of