visual art source Jason Karolak uses oil on linen to create luminous compositions of neon-like color that jumps off from black backgrounds. The point of view shifts constantly in these imperfect geometries.
Jacques Garnier
Jacques Garnier has a passion for architecture, art history and poetry that shapes a series of striking black and white photographs.
Diane Arbus (to come)
Diane Arbus, “Mrs. T. Charlton Henry in an evening gown, Philadelphia, Pa.,” 1965, gelatin silver print. © The Estate of Diane Arbus. Cannupa Hanska Luger (to come)
Cannupa Hanska Luger, “Something to Hold Onto,” 2021, 7,000+ unfired clay beads, social collaboration. Photo: Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum.
Recent Reviews and Recommendations
Rebecca Campbell
The cosmic and the commonplace, the familiar and the frightening condense and expand in powerful, narratives.
John Patrick McKenzie
Maggie Crowley and Joanne Anno
Holly Wong’s “Phoenix” is composed of drawings on pieces of mylar stitched together to form “the thing with feathers.”
In their respective exhibitions Maggie Crowley and Joanne Aono address the dignity of work and the relative invisibility of so many laborers.
Recent Columns
Tom Uttech and the Spiritual Landscape
The recently renamed and reopened Figge Museum features a single, fortuitous painting by spiritual landscapist Tom Uttech.
Inflection Point for a Would-be Digital Nomad
Artists of Color Offer Strong Personal Visions
Richard Speer reflects on his late partner, artist Dorothy Goode, and unexpected possibilities of life after loss.
Jody Zellen makes note of the recent increase in exhibitions featuring Black artists in Los Angeles galleries.
