Artist JJ Manford Conflates the Built and Natural World in 'Hayden Rowe Street'

JJ Manford's vibrant paintings are always rich with life, but largely devoid of any human depictions. Based in Brooklyn, the American artist purposefully leaves his compositions this way to highlight the interplay between the built and natural world. In Hayden Rowe Street, on view now at Derek Eller Gallery in Manhattan, Manford reimagines domestic spaces filled with art historical objects, textiles and furnishings, along with contemporary iconography -- from Shadow the Hedgehog to Frosted Flake...