Adam Parker Smith: ‘Crush’ Questioning the Veneration of the Human Form
Adam Parker Smith Crush The Hole June 11 - August 20, 2022 Imagine the grandiloquent marble statues of classical Greek and Roman tradition, to have graced shrines and temples for eons. Now imagine those same sculptures pummeled and compressed into cube shaped...
Blake Daniels: ‘Triumph of the Southern Suburbs’ Oozing Elusive and Figurative Narratives
Blake Daniels Triumph of the Southern Suburbs Matthew Brown July 8 - August 13, 2022 In their inaugural solo exhibition in Los Angeles, artist Blake Daniels invites us into a sultry realm that bridges the real and unreal, bliss and anguish, utopia and the...
Kate Klingbeil: ‘Unseen Animal’ Returning to Our Roots
Kate Klingbeil Unseen Animal Steve Turner Gallery July 2 - July 30, 2022 Enclosed within the walls of Steve Turner Gallery, an entanglement of biologic and manufactured systems converge, beckoning us into lush, electric landscapes. Through these worlds, Kate...
James Welling: ‘Iconographia’ Expanding the Boundaries of Photography
James Welling Iconographia Regen Projects July 9 - August 20, 2022 Throughout his long career, James Welling has explored the different visual and chemical properties of photography. A long time ago, he framed what he saw with his camera, making black and white...
Andy Mister: ‘Snowing Sun’ The Transformative Powers of Nature
Andy Mister Snowing Sun Lowell Ryan Projects July 9 - August 13, 2022 Andy Mister is an artist and writer currently living in Beacon, New York. He holds a BA in English literature and philosophy and an MFA in creative writing. Though art and writing are separate...
Barbara Kruger Assaulting Our Illusions About Mainstream Media
Barbara Kruger Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You LACMA March 20 - July 17, 2022 At LACMA, world-renowned artist Barbara Kruger presents Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You, an exclusive display that’s guaranteed to rattle the senses. Kruger is notorious for...
Fawn Rogers: ‘Your Perfect Plastic Heart’ Reflections on the Exotic and Erotic, the Visceral and the Intellectual
Fawn Rogers Your Perfect Plastic Heart Wilding Cran Gallery May 21 - June 25, 2022 Paintings of oysters— sensual and gooey— dominate Fawn Rogers' exhibition, Your Perfect Plastic Heart. Why paint oysters? Rogers uses them as a metaphor and a point of departure to...
Siavash Jaraiedi: ‘Dance of Silence’ Elevating the Diaspora of Iranian Artists
Siavash Jaraiedi Dance of Silence Advocartsy May 19 - June 11, 2022 Stifled voices enmeshed in geometric form communicate their truths through poetic symbology, conceptualized by Iranian-born artist Siavash Jaraiedi in his U.S. debut solo show, Dance of Silence. On...
Saj Issa: ‘I Was Out Partying While You Were Home Making Prayers’ Mining Her Life and Memories
Saj Issa I Was Out Partying While You Were Home Making Prayers Le Maximum May 14 - June 19, 2022 In her impressive solo debut, Saj Issa presents a body of work that builds on her experiences growing up between Palestine and St. Louis as a point of departure. Issa...
Kevin Beasley: ‘On Site’ Infused with a Tragic History
Kevin Beasley On Site Regen Projects May 7 - June 25, 2022 In conjunction with his exhibition at Regen Projects, Kevin Beasley has positioned speakers on the rooftop of the gallery. Outside, the soundtrack blends in with the street noise of Santa Monica Boulevard,...
Patty Carroll: ‘Anonymous Women’ Plunging into Vivid, Lush and Elaborate Atmospheres
Patty Carroll Anonymous Women Galerie XII March 5 - June 1, 2022 Dramatic drapes, retro accoutrements, and hapless, faceless women: These are the recurring themes in Anonymous Women, a splashy visual escapade by award-winning photographer Patty Carroll. In what may...
Evita Tezeno: ‘My Life, My Story’ Celebrating Family and Relationships
Evita Tezeno My Life, My Story Luis De Jesus Los Angeles April 16 - May 28, 2022 Evita Tezeno is a Dallas-based artist whose folksy, mixed media collages combine paint, colorfully patterned paper and occasional objects like buttons to depict a range of characters....
Tom Eckert: ‘Illusions and Deceptions’ Ambiguous Narratives
Tom Eckert Illusions and Deceptions Lois Lambert Gallery March 19 - May 7, 2022 In Illusions and Deceptions, we can’t help but ask what really lies behind the veil in Tom Eckert's enigmatic show at Lois Lambert Gallery. The title seems relevant, as the objects are...
Anthony Lepore: ‘Time’s A Taker’ Investigating Boundaries Between the Actual and the Manipulated
Anthony Lepore Time's A Taker Moskowitz Bayse March 26 - May 7, 2022 In some ways, the history of photography can be thought of as a trajectory of invention and amazements. The first images (almost 200 years ago) were created with box cameras and had long exposure...
Brighton Smith: ‘Paradise Garden’ A Blend of Fragility and Fierceness
Brighton Smith Paradise Garden Skidmore Contemporary Art March 19 - April 23, 2022 As critters begin to emerge from their sleepy burrows and honeybees depart their hives in search of freshly produced pollen, it’s the perfect time to enjoy new blossoms that Spring...
Gary Simmons: ‘Remembering Tomorrow’ Calling Attention to Stereotypes
Gary Simmons Remembering Tomorrow Hauser & Wirth February 22 - May 22, 2022 In his first exhibition at Hauser & Wirth, Gary Simmons fills the gallery with a video, small drawings, large paintings, expansive wall drawings, as well as a new sculptural...
Robert Levine: ‘Work’ True-To-Life Narratives
Robert Levine Work Rory Devine Fine Art March 12 - April 16, 2022 To support himself Robert Levine, like many artists, has worked as an installer for numerous Los Angeles galleries. In his current exhibition Work, Levine channels these experiences into his paintings...
Jemima Wyman: ‘A Haze Descends’ Speaking to the Moment
Jemima Wyman A Haze Descends Commonwealth and Council March 3 - April 2, 2022 In the age of digital montaging, assembling collages by hand is something of an anomaly. Elliott Hundley is an artist known for pinning thousands of cutouts to the surface of his paintings....
