Ellen Forney's black-and-white hands on red backgrounds are big and fucking. The largest paintings are
shorthand for sex acts (a fist gripping an index finger); the smaller ones are individual portraits of friends' hands miming actual sexual acts. What a difference there is between the
broad comedic shorthand and the surprisingly quiet, intimate gestures.
We stand in the gap, a little embarrassed, a little turned on. (
Liberty, 517 15th Ave E, 323-9898. 4 pm—2 am, free, 21+.)