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Provides information on the exhibit "New Poppy Paintings," by Donald Sultan at the Ameringer Yohe, in Manhattan, New York City, until November 13, 2004.

Focuses on the exhibition of paintings of artist Seonna Hong in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. Paintings of Hong on wood panels.

Focuses on the solo shows of Richard Kern and Lily van der Stokker in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City. Display of Kern's color photographs; Theme of van der Stokker's paintings.

Focuses on the exhibition of the paintings of George Condo at Briggs Robinson in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City.

Focuses on the exhibition of black and white paintings of Victor Vasarely dating from 1952-1962 at Robert Miller gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City.

At the Olympic Restaurant on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, customers who heed the call of nature are in for a pleasant surprise. The grungy stairway leading to the second floor is ominous, but on opening the door to the unisex lavatory, they will discover a clean, well-lighted bathroom with the black tile floor, sleek stainless steel fixtures, dark wood wainscoting and gleaming white sink of a high-end corporate washroom. It is a work of art -- not just figuratively, but literally. Called ''Power Toilet / J.P. Morgan Chase,'' it is a fully functional copy of an executive bathroom at that investment bank's offices, created by the collaborative art-making group Superflex. The Superflex bathroom was unveiled last Friday as part of ''Living as Form,'' an enthralling, philosophically provocative round-up of 20 years' worth of socially engaged art. Organized by Creative Time's curator Nato Thompson, the show is mostly housed in the raw, cavernous interior of the Historic Essex Street Market; the Olympic occupies a corner of the same building. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents a preview of "The Sublime Is (Still) Now," an exhibition of paintings, at the Elizabeth Dee gallery in Chelsea, New York City through June 19, 2004.

Highlights an exhibition featuring the work of painter Doug Ohlson, at the Andre Zarre gallery in Chelsea, New York City through June 19, 2004.

Focuses on "Cipher," an exhibition featuring the work of photographer Barbara Ess, at Wallspace gallery in Chelsea, New York City through June 19, 2004.

The article presents information on the painting exhibition by Viril Ortiz, in Manhattan, New York. Ortiz's graphic-sophistication shows in the black-on-tan patterns that he paints on generously proportioned red clay pots. With its sinuous botanical motifs, torqued geometric forms and bold, interwoven bands, his painting extends Pueblo style while reflecting other traditions, from ancient Greek vase painting to Art Nouveau decorative design to tattooing. Even livelier black-and-tan patterns cover the surfaces of the bulbous, smoothly stylized heads and knee-high figures that he models in clay.

The article presents information on the painting exhibition by Thomas Demand in Chelsea, Manhattan, New York. Demand's big color photographs of things that look real but turn out to be carefully constructed of paper, plastic and other inexpensive materials are as visually striking and philosophically provocative as ever. "Clearing," is a 17-foot-wide vision of a dense forest interior with sunlight steaming into the middle. That things so clearly fake can seem so vividly real propels the mind into deeper waters of thought, not only about how and what one can truly know about the world.