In the Galleries: Past the Pillars of Hercules

Above: Fallalish

Working from early photography, which often mimicked the formality and grandeur of Academic Painting, photographic images of stoic Victorian gentlemen are transformed though vivid color and sensual brushwork into exotic, vulnerable creatures of desire.

"Past the Pillars of Hercules," a show of new paintings by previous Artist Spotlight subject Aaron Smith, will have an opening reception Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition continues from Saturday through November 17, 2013 at Sloan Fine Art @ Smart Clothes Gallery, 154 Stanton St., New York City.

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Square Rigged

Blaggard

Ramper

Blinker

Pukka

Gulpy

Pother

Mumchance