Gabriel Madan at Gattopardo
The slapdash brushwork of Gabriel Madan’s work suggests a personal but ultimately fleeting investment in his subjects. The style and content are both Pop but not too Pop – an oddball mix of semi-famous...
View ArticleHaena Yoo at Murmurs Gallery
Brushing my hair as a girl, I remember my hand growing heavier with each stroke as I entertained the wicked urge to unearth every girlish tendril in one fell swoop. The manic, menacing quality of Yoo’s...
View ArticleMatthew Brannon at David Kordansky Gallery
Through images of Satan and Darth Vader, and references to the politics of the 1970s, Matthew Brannon will unexpectedly break your heart. His show at David Kordansky Gallery mirrors the sensation of...
View ArticleJulia Weist at Moskowitz Bayse
Julia Weist’s “Private Eye” is like a neo-noir where the investigator investigates themselves and invites us along. The work traffics in suburban paranoia: messages on vanity plates and yard signs...
View ArticleLiz Larner at Regen Projects
Liz Larner’s wall works evoke the weathered, mysterious exteriors of unearthed petrified wood. Suspended layers of obsidian, sage, amber, and indigo feel almost magnetized, capable of reshaping the...
View ArticleBecky Tucker at Steve Turner
I love seeing an artist push the boundaries of the medium. Becky Tucker does exactly that with stoneware creations that are —FIRE. They look like Clive Barker created the Cenobites from Hellraiser in a...
View Article“signifying the impossible song” at Southern Guild
At the entrance of the gallery, viewers are confronted by a massive wall work by Moffat Takdiwa, bhiro ne bepa (pen and paper) (2023), constructed from the detritus of late-stage capitalism and...
View ArticleAustin Lee at Jeffrey Deitch
Austin Lee’s haunting soft-focus paintings are what I imagine my nightmares would look like if rendered in claymation and run through an AI algorithm. The artist’s digital/analog hybrids are creepy—a...
View ArticleCarter Potter at as-is.la
Sometimes art can just be a weird, cool thing that happened one time. Like, what if you took apart a three-part sectional, stacked it vertically, and poured eight gallons of house paint through it....
View ArticleAndrew Schoultz at Guerrero Gallery
The word trippy comes to mind here, but it might not actually apply. The quasi-mythological take on nature and the vibrating, prismatic color naturally suggest psychedelia but, overall, these are too...
View ArticleRema Ghuloum at Philip Martin Gallery
This show has some of the best paintings that Rema Ghuloum has made, but that might be a problem. She’s honed this language—obsessively detailed, rainbow-hued, color field paintings—past the point of...
View ArticlePost Human at Jeffrey Deitch
Jeffrey Deitch reimagines his 1992 exhibition, “Post Human,” with a dialogue between the 90s works and newer ones, presenting dueling visions for the future of humanity and the self. The show is an...
View ArticleOshay Green at C L E A R I N G
I’m not sure I completely understand Oshay Green’s obliquely-named sculptures made of deconstructed leather couches, or how they relate to a series of embossed wooden slabs and a haunting wall work...
View ArticleOscar Tuazon at Morán Morán
Oscar Tuazon’s activist art project LAWS: Los Angeles Water School combines high concept with a rigorous materiality. Machined folds and facets shape The Evening Redness in the West (2024) a C-print...
View ArticleMichael E. Smith at Chris Sharp Gallery
Michael E. Smith’s unassuming, poetic sculptures are late capitalist Zen koans: riddles with no answer but which nevertheless spark a moment of satori. For instance, a milk carton covered in mirrors...
View Article“a field once more” at Melrose Botanical Garden & Jane Galerie
Melrose Botanical Garden is not actually a garden, but it might as well be. Tucked between thrift shops and piercing parlors on the avenue, the narrow gallery feels like an oasis. “a field once more,”...
View ArticleGabriel Madan at Gattopardo
Not all pop art is created equal. Gabriel Madan’s literally pops off the wall: As in, a colorful macaw plushie is affixed to one of his paintings, a heart-shaped tag reading “I’m a puppet.” I want to...
View ArticleRaymie Iadevaia at The Pit
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View ArticleDivya Mehra at Night Gallery
A mechanical broom wielded by a robotic arm sweeps across the floor under the corner of a custom-made oriental carpet shaped like India. In an adjoining room, an enormous inflatable Pillsbury Doughboy...
View Article“Scupper” at François Ghebaly
Curated to pose as a mirror to society’s collapse, “Scupper”’s artists address a spectrum of social ills from preservatives in food to inadequate healthcare. The six-page press release does a better...
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