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January 24, 2008 | | Physical Keepsakes: Y.Z. Kami and Sally Mann at Gagosian |
In her tender novella Tumble Home, Amy Hempel wonders what drives us to preserve parts of our lives. She recounts a disturbing yet endearing news clip, a clip that has an uncanny resemblance to the exhibitions currently hanging in Gagosian's Beverly Hills Gallery: "A woman in West Virginia carried her unborn baby for more than forty years. It calcified outside the uterine wall. When questioned by reporters, the woman said, 'As long as the child is inside of me I haven't lost it.'" While Hempel isn't referring to the work of Y.Z. Kami and Sally Mann, she certainly could be. Her narrative describes what the two artists are doing: preserving and remembering in a way that taps into the mysterious nature of physiology, the sort of mysterious nature that allows an unborn baby to become a meaningful keepsake. Continue reading for DailyServing's review of the show.
 | | Review by Catherine Wagley for DailyServing |
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January 05, 2008 | | You Are Not Here, You Are Still There and Think You Are Here |
High Energy Constructs in Los Angeles' Chinatown currently features a compelling exhibition of work by three young LA artists. You are not here, you are still there and think you are here is a persuasive hybrid of futuristic optimism and intensely felt ennui. The competent craftsmanship of Christian Cummings, Michael Decker and Marie Johnston is contrasted by the artists' psychedelic color schemes and faux-kitsch materials, creating an instantly familiar yet paradoxically distancing scenario: you feel as though you have encountered a heartfelt rephrasing of your contemporary reality yet you have simultaneously encountered relics of a world that never actually existed. Continue reading for DailyServing's review of the show.
 | | Review by Catherine Wagley for DailyServing - Photo by Joshua White |
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