Stretched, Stained, and Shed Skins: Quay Quinn Wolf at Jack Barrett

If, per the internet, the average surface area of an adult human body roughly approximates that of a 4-by-4-foot painting, then we might imagine every epidermal application of serums, moisturizers, and essential oils as blotchy stains of paint—my body as a beige, bruise-colored Helen Frankenthaler. Quay Quinn Wolf visualizes this metaphor in two paintings recently on view at Jack Barrett in New York: Untitled, a stretched rectangle of tanned vegetable leather, and its partner, Re