Last Chance

Catch it or Regret It

by Holly Otterbein

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Katherine Kurtz's acrylic paintings capture the dread, loneliness and rage felt while commuting through the city. Rendered in vibrant reds and melancholic blues, Kurtz's vague human shapes transform into dynamic, emotional characters. In Subway Rider: Waiting (pictured), a solitary dark-suited figure turns away from us, his shoulders slumped and his forehead pressed against a mustard yellow wall.

Without any formal training in photography, Jeff Alexander traveled to Cambodia in 2005 and documented the nation's economic, political and cultural reconstruction. His photos of traditional street vendors, impoverished families, and bicycles and canoes reveal the slow progress in development. By juxtaposing Pepsi advertisements with outdoor meat markets, Alexander also highlights the merging of old and new.

Using bones, crucifixes and other artifacts, Gerard Di Falco creates mixed-media works that question modern theology and ancient mysticism. In Relic for Saint Clement, an ornate gold-leaf canvas with frayed edges frames a tiny sea horse. It is unclear whether Di Falco is honoring the saint who was tossed into the Black Sea for converting pagans, poking fun at Christian idolatry, or both.