NEW YORK, NEW YORK.-“Shimon Okshteyn: A Stroke is a Stroke is a Stroke” is currently on view at Nohra Haime Gallery. Shimon Okshteyn in these nine stunning graphite on canvas drawings, continues his exploration of natural objects. This time the object is the brush stroke itself. Practicing what has been called “an overstated realism,” the artist makes renderings of brush strokes so precise that it is difficult to believe they are not natural brush strokes.

This is Shimon Okshteyn’s first exhibition at the Nohra Haime Gallery. In the spring of 2003, his monumental graphite on canvas drawing “Metal Container” was on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art along with works by Christo, Jasper Johns and Jim Dine (“Approaching Objects,” works from the Whitney permanent collection).