Sylvia Snowden’s ‘M Street’ Paintings Command Space at White Cube New York

Walk into “‘On the Verge,” Sylvia Snowden’s new show at White Cube, and the first thing you feel is that the paintings have been waiting for you—not patiently, not politely, but with the pent-up charge of someone about to tell you something you probably won’t want to hear. This is especially true of the “M Street” figures. The muscular, whiplashed bodies are feel carved out of paint that’s thick enough to bruise if you get too close. The