High Noon and CHART galleries are pleased to present Edge Effects, a collaborative exhibition of new paintings by Jennifer Coates spanning both gallery spaces at 124 Forsyth St. in the Lower East Side and 74 Franklin St. in TriBeCa. “Edge Effects” is an ecological term that refers to the sometimes problematic changes in biodiversity where different habitats converge. These transitional zones are called ecotones: animal/vegetable environments in flux, like ditches, forest edges, marshes and grasslands. The ecotone provides a metaphorical through line for Coates’s current paintings, in which micro-climates of imagery collide. Zones of color, marks, and depicted elements aggregate and are collaged together, creating a hybrid sense of place.