In Face Off, Lee Kaplan stages a meeting between two creatures that seem more curious than comfortable. A wide-eyed bird approaches a stylized cat, its beak just inches from a face full of pattern and tension. The composition is bold and clean, built on electric blues, stark lines and small jolts of color. Kaplan keeps the forms simple but lets the emotion stay ambiguous. It’s a standoff, a question, a look that could mean anything. Nothing here settles, and that’s the point.