The photos in “A Series of Human Decisions” are culled from two periods: the rather stark and lonely black-and-white ’70s, where people appear in isolation; and the warmer, more colorful present, where people are entirely absent. The older images are typically outdoors; and some of their subjects seems to be outsiders. Jacobson was in his 20s during that decade, his fresh MFA showing traces of Arbus and Evans. One untitled print shows a figure in a rabbit costume: You can’t tell if its some innocent theme-park encounter or a dark precursor to Donnie Darko. These small images are mounted and matted with white borders, emphasizing their formality. The new work is larger and borderless, bleeding from the frame in a more unruly fashion. We see cluttered studio interiors, a jumble of signs in storage, crumpled maps, canvasses turned to the wall, and walls where graffiti has been painted over–ready for the application of more paint, perhaps, or to serve as the backdrop for a portrait whose sitter will never arrive. (Also on view: A handful selection of vintage photos by Imogen Cunningham, Walker Evans, and Aaron Siskind.) BRIAN MILLER

Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Feb. 25. Continues through March 27, 2010