In his latest show, Dale Frank, an Australian artist with an extensive exhibition history at home and abroad, fuses his signature pooled-resin painting techniques with eye-popping optical experiments, assisted readymades, mass-market decor, and mirrored and distorted surfaces, demonstrating, once again, his genius for creating fiercely casual acts of visual impetuosity.

Frank’s career began with a bang. In the late 1970s and early ’80s he staged brash, confrontational performances and undeniably striking exhibitions in Australia, Europe, and the US. By the mid-’80s his deftly pitched quasi-expressionist