She has achieved this by developing a vocabulary made up of distinct abstract languages, each one composed of similar colors and based on repeating units, which include open, unstable grids; various geometric shapes; lines and bands; and puzzle-like shapes. Lisa Corinne Davis, “Dogmatic Deceit” (2025), oil on canvasHow are we to read these paintings, and the many pleasures they convey? Whatever your response, it is amply clear to me that Davis has made geometric abstraction germane to our swiftly changing, downward spiraling times, and that is no small accomplishment. Lisa Corinne Davis, “Notional Adage” (2025), oil on canvasWe can see the action, but we do not know what it means. Lisa Corinne Davis, “Fleeting Form” (2025), acrylic and oil on canvasInstallation view of Lisa Corinne Davis: Syllogism at Miles McEnery GalleryLisa Corinne Davis, “Temporal Terrain” (2025), oil on canvasLisa Corinne Davis: Syllogism continues at Miles McEnery Gallery (525 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, Manhattan) through October 25.