Masahisa Fukase's Hibi photographs

The series showing at the Armory examines road surfaces in disrepair — “Hibi” translates as “crack.” Unlike Fukase’s better-known photographs, these prints are hand-painted in a vibrant palette of greens, pinks, yellows and blues. The paint application is wildly varied: It is flicked across some images and washed over others. In some instances, the artist has used color to pick out fissures in the road, or water glistening at the edge of a puddle. His own fingerprint appears on several prints, red and incongruous, like a signature.