Sam Messer: ‘Go to it laughing’ Amalgamations of Styles and Attitudes
Sam Messer Go to it laughing M+B Gallery January 29 - February 26, 2022 For some, a typewriter is an antiquated piece of machinery, akin to a rotary telephone. It predates digital technologies and relies on forcefully tapping the keys. Writing on a typewriter is...
Mel Bochner: ‘DO I HAVE TO DRAW YOU A PICTURE?’ A Conceptualist at Heart
Mel Bochner Do I Have to Draw You a Picture? Marc Selwyn Fine Art January 15 - February 26, 2022 I was first introduced to Mel Bochner's work as a student while studying conceptual art and working on an exhibition from the collection of Sol LeWitt. Each student...
Jane Margarette: ‘A Honey of a Tangle’ Oxymoronic Assemblages
Jane Margarette A Honey of a Tangle Anat Ebgi January 8 - February 19, 2022 Chains, locks and hinges made of clay are, in many ways, antithetical to their purpose. How can something designed for sturdiness and security also be fashioned from fragile material? Add in...
Helen Frankenthaler: Late Works 1990-2003 An Intimate Dance with Color
Helen Frankenthaler Late Works 1990-2003 Palm Springs Art Museum October 14, 2021 - February 27, 2022 Having made her mark as one of the great American artists of the 20th century, second-generation postwar abstract painter Helen Frankenthaler continues to stimulate...
Narsiso Martinez: ‘Tender Leaves’ Peering Through the Lens of Immigrant Farmworkers
Narsiso Martinez Tender Leaves Charlie James Gallery December 11, 2021 - January 22, 2022 While treasured produce goods like fresh-squeezed orange juice and leafy spinach plants consistently greet us in the aisles with cheery branding, their contents come with a...
Michele Asselin: ‘Exposure’ Capturing the Intricacies of Sunlight
Michele Asselin Exposure Louise Alexander Gallery/AF Projects December 5 - January 21, 2022 Michele Asselin is a Los Angeles-based photographer who states her pictures explore "the impact of the social and physical environment on human experience." Before she began...
Kyungmi Shin: ‘citizen, not barbarian’ Juxtaposing Contemporary and Historical Images
Kyungmi Shin citizen, not barbarian Various Small Fires November 20, 2021 - January 8, 2022 When regarding Kyungmi Shin's recent work, it is difficult not to think about layering — the layering of experiences, the layering of cultures and even the layering of...
Laura Karetzky: ‘Concurrence’ Juxtaposing Disparate Moments
Laura Karetzky Concurrence Luis de Jesus Los Angeles November 13 - December 22, 2021 Laura Karetzky is interested in what occurs on screens and through windows, often inserting small rectangles into larger painted narratives to create junctures in time and across...
Bob Burchman: ‘New and Recent Paintings’ Juxtaposing Hyper-Realism with Impressionistic Renderings
Bob Burchman New and Recent Paintings as-is.la October 30 - December 18, 2021 Appropriation in art usually refers to the borrowing, copying or altering of an existing image or object and presenting it anew, relatively unchanged. Numerous artists working in a wide...
Joe Rudko: ‘Untitled Colors’ Fascinating Composites Open to Interpretations
Joe Rudko Untitled Colors Von Lintel Gallery October 30 -December 18, 2021 Joe Rudko is a Seattle, WA-based artist who cuts apart and recombines family snapshots taken by non-professionals he finds in flea markets and antique shops to create dense, visually complex...
Alison Saar: ‘Aether’ and ‘Earthe’ Celebrating and Empowering Women
Alison Saar Aether Armory Center for the Arts July 16 - December 12, 2021 Earthe Benton Museum of Art September 1 - December 19, 2021 The figures in Alison Saar's two-venue exhibition, of Aether and Earthe are stoic and empowered. Throughout her long...
Miguel Angel Payano Jr. ‘Elusive Nature’ Making Use of Family Narratives
Miguel Angel Payano Jr Elusive Nature Make Room Gallery October 23 - December 4, 2021 At Make Room Gallery in Los Angeles, objects and surfaces collide to create dimensional realms through an eye-catching mixed-media experience by Miguel Angel Payano Jr. Born in New...
Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours Desert Tripping
Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours Various Artists October 9/10, 16/17, 23/24, 2021 As autumn sweeps through the mountainous Hi-Desert, the wind-blown trails are accentuated by region-specific artworks: The Hwy 62 Open Studio Art Tours is an annual celebration of artists...
Lorna Simpson: ‘Everrrything’ Evoking the Pandemic and What We Have Missed
Lorna Simpson Everrrything Hauser & Wirth September 14, 2021 - January 9, 2022 In Lorna Simpson's compelling multi-media exhibition Everrrything at Hauser & Wirth, the works fill both the courtyard and interior gallery spaces. Outside are Stacked...
Keith Boadwee: ‘Frogs & Dogs’ Unsettling Themes That Go Down Easy
Keith Boadwee Frogs & Dogs The Pit October 9 - November 20, 2021 California-based artist Keith Boadwee introduces complex creatures that are playful, existential and erotic in Frogs & Dogs, on view at The Pit in Palm Springs. All created in 2021, these...
Diana Thater: ‘The Conversation’ Creating a Fragmented Dialogue with Ambiguous Meaning
Diana Thater The Conversation 1301 PE September 25 - November 13, 2021 Animals have been the subject of Diana Thater's works for a number of years. From gorillas to monkeys and elephants to zebras, she has filmed animals to explore human animal interactions, animal...
Aubrey Levinthal: ‘The Breakers’ Reflecting the Malaise and Isolation Brought On By the Pandemic
Aubrey Levinthal The Breakers M + B Gallery September 18 - October 16, 2021 Philadelphia-based painter Aubrey Levinthal, whose works illustrate everyday moments culled from family life, renders her subjects— mother (the artist), child, father and friends - lovingly....
Susan Chen: ‘I Am Not A Virus’ Peering Beyond the Snapshot
Susan Chen I Am Not A Virus Night Gallery September 18 - October 23, 2021Susan Chen, a Hong Kong-born painter, divides her time between New York City and Connecticut, but keeps her focus on the Asian diaspora. Her first solo show at Night Gallery, I Am Not A Virus,...
