Alexi Worth is a Guggenheim Award-winning New York painter whose work has been singled out by Roberta Smith of the New York Times as representing the continued vitality of painting today, and praised by Jerry Salz for depictions that “resist naming and stay titillating to the eye.” Worth’s art differs from much recent figuration in its economy and simplicity, suggesting an effort to return the contemplative power of abstraction to figurative art. Also known as a critic, Worth has written about a wide range of artists for publications ranging from the Brooklyn Rail to Artforum and the New Yorker.