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Lora Reynolds is pleased to announce a project-room exhibition of new paintings by Donald Moffett in his second show at the gallery.

Donald Moffett’s recent paintings seem like brightly monochromatic pelts of fur. He creates this conspicuous texture by extruding fine threads of oil paint so they stand on end, perpendicular to the painting’s surface. Before applying paint, he stretches canvas over plywood and drills one, two, or dozens of holes through the entire structure, exposing the wall behind it.

The paintings imply the human body—paint and holes evoke hair and anatomical orifices—but …