Chelsea Redux, Sort Of

I went for a gallery trawl in Chelsea last week, my first visit since the area was flooded during Hurricane Sandy.  While most galleries are back in business, there are still a number closed for restoration, those that were on the ground floor.  The others show signs of restoration, with new dry wall, etc.   They must be happy that concrete floors are trendy...
I saw a very exciting exhibit of paintings by Mark Bradford, an American working out of L.A.  These are large scale abstract works, painted but also with layers of different types of material peeking out underneath the painting.  Some of the paintings resemble large scale maps that might have been painted over.  Some illustrations give a general idea, but don't convey the three dimensional quality of the collaged material.