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...
by Jody Zellen | May 4, 2019 | Reviews
Vanessa German $lang: Short Language in Soul Gavlak Los Angeles in Association with Pavel Zoubok Fine Art March 22 – May 25, 2019 Vanessa German is a Los Angeles-raised, now Pittsburgh-based artist, poet and community activist. Though self-taught, her work...
by Jody Zellen | Apr 27, 2019 | Reviews
Christina Quarles But I Woke Jus’ Tha Same Regen Projects April 6 – May 9, 2019 In her first solo exhibition at Regen Projects, Christina Quarles creates a melange of paintings and drawings in which figures and styles meld. The works are purposely...
by Jody Zellen | Apr 21, 2019 | Reviews
Alexandra Bell Counternarratives Charlie James Gallery April 6 – May 4, 2019 In 2017, large-scale printouts of articles from the New York Times focusing on issues of race started appearing on walls around New York City. This public intervention was created by...
by Jody Zellen | Apr 6, 2019 | Reviews
Fred Wilson Afro Kismet Maccarone March 16 – May 25, 2019 Fred Wilson, a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant recipient in 1999, is well known for his installations that reframe and recontextualize art historical objects and cultural symbols relating to...
