Currently on view at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco is a new exhibition titled Terrestrial Syndrome, with new paintings by artists Kevin E. Taylor and Erik Otto. Taylor’s work features several different creatures engaging one another within a surrealistic landscape. While the work remains shrouded in mystery and coded with visual symbols, it is clear that the actions of the creatures are a metaphor[…..]
Photo caption: Back to Black, 2008 HK Zamani Opening September 11th is the inaugural exhibition, entitled On the Shoulders of Davids, at JAUS (pronounced “house”), a new gallery in West Los Angeles, run by artists Chris Tallon, Helen Geisler and Ichiro Irie. From the onset JAUS’ mission seems clear, albeit divergent from that of many new commercial spaces: to promote the work and so-called DIY[…..]
Frencesca Gabbiani’s The Present, her new exhibition at Patrick Painter, opens on September 12. Gabbiani, known for richly detailed drawings that marry ornamentation with vacancy, has dedicated one of her new pieces to the Greek goddess Nyx, patron of the night. The exhibition’s venture into mythology will be accentuated by a series of decorated mirror pieces that pit surface and depth against each other. These[…..]
Deitch Projects in New York City is currently showing Tauba Auerbach‘s Here and Now/And Nowhere, an exhibition which explores the collision of two conflicting states. The title (purposely composed as an anagram) reflects the artist’s fascination with the origins of language, both verbal language and the symbols used in written language. The multimedia show includes paintings, photographic works, sculpture, and a musical instrument, all investigating[…..]
Julie Garner Tucked away amidst a tranquil, tree-shaded park in North Berkeley is the Berkeley Art Center, currently hosting an exhibition of mostly Bay Area artists who each have a refreshing take on traditional media. Eighteen artists were chosen by distinguished curators Rene de Guzman and Kate Eilersten, who have a wealth of experience in visual arts programming at cultural hubs like the Yerba Buena[…..]
Gerard Hemsworth is currently presenting his first solo museum exhibition in the United States titled Hidden Agenda. The London-based artist will have fifteen new works on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield Connecticut through January 2010. On the surface, Hemsworth’s painting seem playful, innocent, and rather benign, but over several decades the artist has built a visual vocabulary which allows him to[…..]
At the site of the infamous 1982 Keith Haring mural located at the corner of Houston Street and Bowery, is the second installment of an ongoing mural program organized by Deitch Projects and Goldman Properties. On view from this July through March 31, 2010, is a large mural by Brazilian-born identical twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, otherwise known as Os Gemeos. The massive wall[…..]
