Andy Collins’ paintings are well constructed as to form, color and a rather unique and unusual paint handling. The forms are based on abstracted versions of the human figure and you get a strong sense of this.  But the relationship is never explicit and the references rather tease instead.  The soft pastel colors create a dreamy surreal atmosphere alternately becoming focused or less so as it bumps up against some of the lines. The 

Andy Collins, Mary Boone Gallery

Andy Collins, Mary Boone Gallery

Andy Collins, Mary Boone Gallery

lines themselves take on a gestural neon-like intensity. The problem with this show is that despite the uniqueness of the work it nevertheless reads as a slight variation on a theme.  While the comprehensive effect is remembered after you leave the show but it’s less easy to recall individual paintings.