by Jody Zellen | Jul 14, 2019 | Reviews
Orkideh Torabi Give them all they want Richard Heller GalleryJune 22 – August 10, 2019 Give them all they want refers to men: the subject and objects of Orkideh Torabi’s gaze. Her colorful paintings, created by screening fabric dye onto cotton, explore...
by Jody Zellen | Jun 16, 2019 | Reviews
Holly Coulis Philip Martin Gallery May 4 – July 6, 2019 Holly Coulis paints shapes in soft muted colors. These shapes represent organic and inorganic things, often what might be found in a domestic space like a kitchen. Within her abstract compositions, it is...
by Jody Zellen | May 24, 2019 | Reviews
Robert Rauschenberg The 1/4 Mile or 2 Furlong Piece LACMA October 28, 2018 – June 9, 2019 How to picture 1/4 mile? Exactly how far is it? A 1/4 mile is one lap around a track. Imagine artworks placed side by side along that perimeter…it is quite a distance to...
by Jody Zellen | May 17, 2019 | Reviews
Robert Russell Book Paintings Anat Ebgi April 27 – June 1, 2019 Each of Robert Russell’s large-scale oil paintings depict the cover of an art catalogue. As painted objects, these books lay flat, but are also awkwardly positioned at a diagonal (not...
by Jody Zellen | May 8, 2019 | Reviews
Mel Bochner Marc Selwyn Fine Art March 30 – May 18, 2019 ‘Blah,’ according to the dictionary, is defined as dull or unexciting, something without meaningful content. Used in a sentence, it might read “this game has been very blah.” Blah can also be...
