An itinerant poet, painter, and movie director, Steve Clark is nevertheless no debutante. Classically trained in art history, he also served as a senior editor under George Plimpton at The Paris Review. His 2009 directorial debut, The Last International Playboy (co-written with Thomas Moffett) starred Jason Behr and none other than Lydia Hearst. And this Friday, February 4, he's showing some of his recent paintings in New York.

The name of the show is "The Girl Is Blue + Refuses to Sing," and the opening reception goes down at the West Broadway Gallery Space (362 West Broadway, between Grand and Broome) from 7-10pm. On view will be Clark's latest, largest canvases -- abstracts done in unassuming media like house paint, chalk, and charcoal along with the usual oils and pastels. The reception's presented by Saskia Miller, so RSVP her at saskiamiller@gmail.com.