Edith Isaac-Rose makes no attempt to seduce the eye in her figurative drawings and paintings, seeking instead to provoke more visceral reactions. "Cronies," her recent exhibition at Phyllis Kind, included works from 1990 to 2004. Her subject matter, sometimes derived from newspaper photos and stories, is ugly, and, appropriately, Isaac-Rose renders it crudely. The works, intentionally filled with corrections, are heavy-handedly drawn and messily painted with the naivete of a ...