Lynda Benglis Blum & Poe, Los Angeles By Shana Nys Dambrot Through December 16th Lynda Benglis’ career is characterized by the dramatic upending of many kinds of social and art historical expectations; as a practical matter her rebellion is not only stylistic, but material as well. Her sculptures combine elements of polyurethane, ceramic, handmade…
The Fourth World Institute for Art and Olfaction By Shana Nys Dambrot Everything is mediated. All objects, actions, impulses, and mythologies are multivalent, shape-shifting, and strange. Even the singular is a stranger to itself. Articulating interconnectivity is an imperative for truthfulness, but the contours of overlapping energetic dimensions are a bear to make into…
“SELF RELIANCE 2017” at NowSpace By Sydney Walters Through October 1st While pondering what to create, many artists consider not only what he or she wants to create, but what they know will sell. After all, artists need to make a living somehow. It is this tension between desire, practicality, value and waste that…
kozyndan, The Golden State Gregorio Escalante Gallery By Genie Davis Through September 17th The Golden State, at Gregorio Escalante gallery in Chinatown through September 17th, is a beautiful, fanciful, and poetic series of works by the duo of kozyndan. The two artists, husband and wife team Kozy and Dan, have shaped a work that…
Black is a color at Charlie James Gallery By Sydney Walters Over the gallery door, a red and green neon sign reads, “Black Owned.” Any good artist knows that working with text is difficult. The written word is often taken for gospel over any visual image (see Joseph Kosuth’s 1965 One and Three Chairs).…
Knowing Autumn: The Sculpture of Derek Weisberg By Genie Davis The show has closed but the images are not forgotten, and the artist spectacularly memorable. Derek Weisberg’s Knowing Autumn, recently at the Fine Arts Building in DTLA, is a body of work both haunting and evocative, fragile and resonant. Take “What her Eyes Said,”…
Nike Schroeder: ‘Counting the days’ at Show + Tell Projects Presented in collaboration with Walter Maciel Gallery By Shana Nys Dambrot Through February 18th Nike Schroeder is one of the better known figures in the loosely-termed “textile arts” wing of contemporary art, which is fine because although she doesn’t use literal fabrics per se,…
