NEW YORK--MICA's Mount Royal School of Art graduate director Frances Barth lures viewers into imaginary landscapes of shifting scale and multiple viewpoints in a solo exhibition at Sundaram Tagore Gallery New York (547 W. 27th St.) through Saturday, Feb. 6.

Reinventing the picture plane, Barth uses expanses of color and sparsely drawn lines to imply both space and time in her abstract paintings. This vibrant new body of work investigates the history of painting and challenges perceptions of space, as Barth creates landscapes that are both miniature and monumental within a single terrain. The works are akin to the floating worlds of Ukiyo-e woodblock prints from Japan.

Barth studied at Hunter College, New York, where she received her B.F.A. and M.A. in painting. She has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions, and her work is represented in numerous corporate and public collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Barth was appointed director of the Mount Royal School of Art in 2004.

For more information, contact Sundaram Tagore Gallery New York at 212-677-4520 or gallery@sundaramtagore.com.