The paintings and drawings of artist Kelly McLane are rooted in images of nature. McLane lives and works in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and draws much of her inspiration from the landscape, people and animals of that area. Interrupting the imagery are references to the media culture via telephone and cable lines, internet search engines, and bizarre CNN news tales. The artist’s[…..]
The work of Taylor McKimens is included in the new exhibition “Mail Order Monsters,” on view this month at Deitch Projects in New York City. McKimens creates an array of comics, zines, paintings, and site specific cut-out installations. The artist has stated being interested in “everyday things that are loaded somehow,” portraying the tragic and the humorous with equal strength. Many of the artist’s sculptures[…..]
Oakland-based artist Chris Duncan recently opened an exhibition with the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco titled “The Beginning. The Middle. The End.” The artist has been interested in exploring concepts related to process, transformation, and reduction. Duncan is known for his work involving intricate string sculptures, and has now begun to literally explore the threads that tie nature, science, and the sprit into life.[…..]
California-based artist, Aaron Noble, creates seemingly abstract compositions from imagery associated with commercial comic books. While the artist’s work is deeply rooted in superhero-based images, he manages to extract any form of narrative, leaving the viewer to decode the mass of ambiguous information as a unique form. Noble has new work on view in his first solo show with Pavel Zoubok Gallery in NYC, entitled[…..]
Artist Jim Lee infuses his works with a unique humor that is presented as an abstract solution existing cleverly between sculpture and painting. Lee pays close attention to the formal elements of texture, color and form. While many of his works seem to be deeply rooted in Modernism, Lee actually draws much of his inspiration from industrial and consumer goods, often using related materials in[…..]
New paintings by French-born, New York-based artist Jules de Balincourt will be presented in an exhibition entitled “Unknowing Man’s Nature,” opening this weekend at the Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL) in New York City. This will be Balincourt’s third exhibition with the gallery, featuring paintings that are often rooted in American political and historical themes, illustrated with text-based design. Balincourt has exhibited internationally at the Palais[…..]
Opening this Thursday at the RHYS Gallery in Boston will be an exhibition of several new works by Los Angeles-based artist Amir H. Fallah. On view in the gallery will be one of Fallah’s signature fort/terrarium installations which will contain live cacti and music by Minor Threat. Fallah, who is also the founder and creative director of Beautiful/Decay Magazine, has exhibited internationally with the Third[…..]
