Yvon Lambert
550 West 21st St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Through October 16
Admission: free
212-242-3611
www.yvon-lambert.com
ballroom slideshow
Lithuanian multimedia artist Zilvinas Kempinas, who represented his country at last year’s Venice Biennale, has turned Yvon Lambert’s main space into a disco wonderland with “Ballroom.” Red, white, and blue lights reflect off the floor and onto mylar panels that cover the walls as rotating fans blow air down onto more than a dozen circles of unwound magnetic tape. The tape is held in place merely by the air itself; don’t worry if you step on it, because it will hold its shape like magic. All the elements combine for an ultracool experience; all that’s missing is thumping disco music. In the front room of the gallery, Roman Opalka’s “Passages” continues the French artist’s series of white paintings of numbers in order, a stark contrast to Kempinas’s lively “Ballroom.”