Documenta 14 By Jody Zellen I arrived at Documenta after visiting the Venice Biennale and Sculpture Project Muenster. These three exhibitions line up every ten years and while it is overwhelming to visit them all, it is also a rare treat. The map for Documenta 14 listed 32 venues. This did not include Athens…
William E. Jones Fall into Ruin David Kordansky Gallery By Jody Zellen Through August 26th What makes William E. Jones’ 30 minute video, Fall into Ruin so seductive and captivating is the use of first person narrative. Via voice over, Jones relates a story about his first trip to Greece in 1982, meeting the…
Glen Rubsamen The Disguise Was Almost Perfect Christopher Grimes Gallery By Jody Zellen Through September 1st What constitutes iconic Los Angeles imagery: ocean sunsets, palm trees, the Hollywood sign? In many ways it is easy to imagine the black silhouette of a palm tree against a sky colored gradient, and think, classic Los Angeles.…
Constance Mallinson Unmade Jason Vass By Jody Zellen Through July 22nd Constance Mallinson is a collector and she has amassed a huge archive of discarded materials— fragments and detritus that has been lost, left behind and forgotten. To collect, Mallinson walks. She keeps her eyes down as she roams the streets, alleys, pathways…
Mai-Thu Perret Féminaire David Kordansky Gallery By Jody Zellen Through July 1, 2017 Mai-Thu Perret is a Geneva based artist who creates politically and socially astute, albeit often bombastic works that deploy a feminist agenda. In her installation entitled, Féminaire she presents Les guérillères— an elevated white plinth dotted with nine figurative sculptures depicting…
Eve Wood and Alexandra Grant, The Artists’ Prison Ochi Projects By Jody Zellen Through July 2nd The Artists’ Prison is a book of fiction written by Alexandra Grant and illustrated by Eve Wood that describes the imagined crimes and punishments of over forty prisoners housed in a Kafka-esque environment as told to a nameless Commander…
Lezley Saar Gender Renaissance Walter Maciel Gallery By Jody Zellen Through July 1st In her second solo exhibition at Walter Maciel Gallery, Lezley Saar continues to evoke awe. The paintings and mixed media works are not only impeccably crafted, but are also rich in content. Saar draws from personal experiences— specifically complex issues related…
