“The Atlas of Anatomy,” Varnished Digital Ultrachrome on Panel, Image size: 16×20 inches
From now through July 26, you can see new work from artist Ray Caesar on view at the Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York City: “In the Garden of Moonlight.” Using a 3D modeling program called Maya, Caesar creates strange portals into weird otherworlds: “He has compared working in this software to the experience of lucid dreaming, as in both situations, one has the ability to control and manipulate a simulated reality.” The freakishly detailed digital subjects in his work were partly inspired by the years he spent working as a photographer at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he lives, and partly by the fact that he was born a dog, according to his bio. And if you happen to have an extra $10,000 to $20,000 lying round, you can buy one.