‘Playground’

From Jennifer Moses’s show “Rock, Paper, Scissors” (gouche on paper), at Kingston Gallery, Boston, Dec. 1-Jan. 16.

The gallery says from her statement:

“…. Moses explores a playground game literally and metaphorically. This classic game of chance and anticipation is designed to negotiate conflicts, make decisions, and establish power; rock dominates scissors, paper binds rock, and scissors cut paper. The game is also a metaphor for art-making, in which one aesthetic or conceptual choice supplants another. This kind of improvisational response is a signature of Moses's approach to constructing images.’’

Abstracted self-absorption

"Me, Myself and E'' (oil on wood panel), by Jennifer Moses, in her show ''Jennifer Moses: Elbow Room,'' at the Kingston Gallery, Boston, through Nov. 27.