West Los Angeles

Kent Rush’s series of “Embankments” are blurry, monochromatic abstractions that count on our interest in the difference between photographic truth and painterly license. A dozen or so multipart pieces--ranging from slim, wall-hanging slices to big panels that lean against walls--are quite similar in attitude, but some are photographic images (silverprints or large cyanotypes) while others are monotypes or straight paintings.

The photographic works grudgingly yield clues to their identity, such as tire tracks or concrete texture, while the paintings and monoprints simply present streaky, wind-swept expanses. Either way, there is generally too little going on in this art to hold attention. One exception is the 10-foot-wide “Overpass II” that fits into a corner. Here shadowy images of a freeway overpass emerge from the dark in a rhythmically paced panorama that merges evocative abstraction with everyday experience. (Art Space, 10550 Santa Monica Blvd., to April 2.)