Robert Middaugh -- What Remains Beautifully constructed mixed-media creations join displays reminiscent of Joseph Cornell boxes and scientific curios. A made-up language paired with images of eclipses, moon, planet and sun phases, and other artifacts make illustrations to an unseen, mystical, ancient and foreign dissertation. At Printworks, through February 13, 2010.

Gregory Jacobsen -- Prostrate Grotesque, imaginary vegetable and quasi-biological constructions stand in for mutilated bodies, animals, and other body parts. The small to medium paintings are immediately surrealist though not as patently offensive or sexual as some of Gregory Jacobsen's work can often be. Although it's still difficult to think of hanging one of these works in one's house unless you really like horror films and gore, the old adage "you are what you eat" does come to mind as it did for many critics looking at Arcimboldo's work. At Zg Gallery, through February 20, 2010.

Lauren E. Simonutti -- 8 Rooms, 7 Mirrors, 6 Clocks, 2 Minds & 199 Panes of Glass Lauren Simonutti explores her own mental illness in this deeply personal yet surrealist exhibit of small photographs. Obsessively examining and analyzing, these haunting images give us a glimpse into Ms. Simonutti's psychosis without losing our attention. Dark, lightly hand-painted images go where the surrealists wanted to but couldn't, can't, and probably shouldn't. They show that our dreams and the deepest, darkest areas of our mind are not as profane as they would have us believe, but may be just as confusing or puzzling. At Catherine Edelman Gallery, through March 6, 2010.

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