Wegner makes paintings of color chips like those one gets in a paint store--yet rather than simply present what he finds, he juxtaposes colors and paint names so as to create visual and textual poetry. Vertical and horizontal compositions are carefully painted on plywood. Their surfaces are smooth, the lettering perfect. Wegner does not simply present what he finds at the paint store. He alters the names, or blots them out, leaving the viewer to ponder the color references. Language, both present and absent, directs the meaning of the works. In addition to the paintings a number of works on paper and three books that contextualize his art in other ways round out this fine show (Griffin Contemporary Art, Venice).