Michael Kohn Gallery recently opened a duo-artist exhibition SHE: Images of Women by Wallace Berman & Richard Prince on January 15th. The exhibition is situated within a loose conceptual framework that foregrounds both Wallace Berman and Richard Prince‘s representations of women within their oeuvre. The exhibit was curated by critic and journalist, Kristine McKenna. McKenna seemed particularly apt to curate the show, as in 2007[…..]
For many folks, a family get-together is more of a responsibility than a choice activity of leisure. While people so often take their own family’s traditions and history for granted, artist Anthony Goicolea chooses to dig extensively into his for inspiration in his exhibition series, Related. A recent trip to Cuba connected the Atlanta-born, Pratt Institute-educated, first generation American to his cultural and familial past,[…..]
British artist Lucy Williams redefines the idea of collage. Her detailed, low-relief work focuses on mid-20th century Modernist architecture and involves the careful layering of materials such as card, Perspex, fabric, thread and pillow stuffing. Each material is layered precisely by the artist to illustrate railings, lamp cords and other structural elements. In an interview with Wallpaper Magazine Williams said she sees her vacant images[…..]
After first being introduced to the artists dealing with the decades long conflict in Lebanon after seeing Walid Raad‘s Let’s be Honest, the Weather Helped at MoMA’s Color Chart exhibition earlier this year, I quickly learned that John Jurayj is among the other prominent artists involved in this global discussion. In his second solo show at Walter Maciel Gallery in Los Angeles, entitled Untitled (We[…..]
Commissary Arts is currently showing Hive Moments, an exhibition featuring the prints and mixed media works on paper of Los Angeles-based artist Nancy Macko. Macko explores the themes of society, art, science, and technology through the matriarchal culture of the honey bee. In honey bee society, a queen bee reigns over the hive and controls the activity of other bees. This matriarchal society inspires Macko,[…..]
Currently showing at Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains is an exploration of the supernatural in “The Visitors: The Australian Response to UFOs and Aliens“. Showcasing the work of 15 different artists, the display incorporates various mediums including painting, installation, sculpture and light work. Catering to UFO enthusiasts, the exhibition additionally features an “evidence room” complete with detailed case files of those[…..]
Multi-talented artist Donald Urquhart is currently showing stylized paintings, drawings and mixed media at Jack Hanley Gallery in LA. Urquhart devised the exhibition, titled The End, to be a farewell to the past and the included work feels like a montage of 20th Century iconography. Urquhart, who fell in with the infamous performer Leigh Bowery in the 1980s, became an intricate part of London’s campy[…..]
