NEW YORK, NY.- Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents A Gentle Kind of Cruelty, new works by Toronto-based artist Ray Caesar, in what is his fourth solo exhibition at the gallery. The show features printed multiples as well as several large-scale, original, one-of-a-kind prints. Caesar expands upon his signature aesthetic in this exhibition by taking a more painterly approach, rendering new imagery with softer edges and greater movement than in previous work. The artist’s digitally created dreamscapes, set in elaborately furnished Rococo-style interiors, feature haunting doll-like female figures with delicate features and porcelain complexions. The hybrid characters, part-child-part-woman, some sprouting tails, tentacles and other animal appendages, all wear elaborate costumes that reference fashions of the past and often incorporate futuristic elements as well. Caesar works in Maya (a 3D modeling software used fo