Riki Kuropatwa‘s new body of work is currently on view in a solo exhibition at Vancouver’s Elissa Cristall Gallery. The show, entitled derby girlz, chronicles Kuropatwa’s reaction to the rampant oversexualization of women in advertisements. Offering up women in the context of the roller derby rather than the lingerie shoot, the oil stick on panel works depict the same sort of suggestive poses and provocative[…..]
Marion Peck‘s first solo show in New York, entitled Ladies & Clowns, is currently on view at Sloan Fine Art on Rivington Street. While the exhibition’s title isn’t the most subtle, it’s a good indicator for what you’re getting into with Marion Peck’s new paintings. The darkly comedic renderings of jovially surrealist scenes, including lederhosen -donning peasants dancing and art history referencing portraits of ladies,[…..]
Currently on view at Greg Kucera Gallery in Seattle is a solo exhibition of new and past work by Victoria Haven, entitled HIGHER… HIGHER. For Haven’s first solo show at the renown Seattle space, the artist expanded her practice of creating works on paper and sculptural pieces to explore additional media, including photography and wall painting. This exhibition incorporates works in all of these disparate[…..]
Currently on view at SHAHEEN Modern and Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio is a solo exhibition of work by Craig Kucia, entitled we left with our hearts tired. Kucia’s paintings offer entree into a dreamy land of nostalgia, memory and curiosity– a virtual huddle of memories rendered in bright crayola hues. He renders scenes that appear innocent and playful at first, because of their cheery[…..]
Kehinde Wiley is back in his hometown of Los Angeles, and the city is welcoming him with open arms. As an artist whose name evokes recognition, and even conversation, beyond the periphery of the contemporary art world, the Brooklyn based artist draws a crowd of eager devotees (the author not excluded) to any venue at which his work is being exhibited or discussed. With a[…..]
Opening this Friday, May 1st at 643 Project Space in Ventura, CA is a solo show of work by Washington based artist Charles Timm-Ballard. The exhibition, entitled Terra Form, displays work that contains many of the aesthetic elements found in contemporary landscape painting, yet it is created out of ceramic material. The thick slabs of clay are a testament to the sculptural and tactile qualities[…..]
Currently on view at DiverseWorks in Houston, TX is a group show entitled Solution. Often, but not always, group exhibitions are classified within the hierarchy of the contemporary art world as, well, much less important/prestigious/notable– you pick the adjective– than solo shows, but sometimes a group show is actually an explosive culmination of nearly everything and everyone that keeps us interested in art. Such is[…..]
