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Robert Longo: Storm of Hope
This year has been a ‘Storm of Hope,” in many ways. The phrase is anthemic and poignant in that it speaks to the eye of the storm that we have found ourselves in- one unprecedented rain after another. Robert Longo looks to the unflinching photographic documentation of these moments and renders them by hand so […]
February 27, 2021
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Andy Moses: Recent Works
The paintings of Andy Moses possess an intense magnetism defined by a palette of hypnotic pearlescent hues. The solo exhibition Recent Works on view at William Turner Gallery presents large-scale circular, hexagonal, and concave wood panels treated with a skillful hand conducting colors like a synesthesia symphony. Oil and acrylic paint charge the surfaces, however, […]
January 5, 2021
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Rainer Hosch: Apocalypse Now
The outstretched branches of the Joshua tree quiver with fiery spiky leaves and recede into the horizon. The single trunk that supports the once-thriving plant species still stands despite enduring intense heat and the unforgiving wrath of flames. Rainer Hosch’s documentation of the scorched earth in the aftermath of the Dome fire, just one of […]
December 27, 2020
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George Byrne: Post Truth
The photographs of George Byrne revel in a stillness that is part mystical, part abstract, and entirely surreal echoing the dichotomous nature of the city of Los Angeles that the artist has adopted as home. Curated by Margot Ross, Post Truth is both a solo exhibition and book release exploring five years of work that […]
December 24, 2020
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The Ethnographic Journals of Gregory Siff
“Did we forget? Life is a thrill!” The studio echoes with the unmistakable charismatic voice of Gregory Siff. The proclamation is accentuated by the cadence of his Brooklyn accent and while much of his face is covered by a cloth mask bearing the official logo of the Major League Baseball commission there are traces of […]
December 3, 2020
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Enrique Martínez Celaya, “The Tears of Things”
Four years have passed since visiting Enrique Martínez Celaya at his Los Angeles studio. Returning to the immaculate compound assuages my mind, knowing that despite the cataclysmic changes that have dictated the recent circumstances of my world, the studio remains free of the impurities of an otherwise unpredictable landscape overrun by chaos and disorder. […]
September 12, 2019