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Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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Our gallery picks for the week reveal vibrant textures, both in physical and visceral form. Enjoy.

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1. In Ben Barretto’s Self Help, he presents his series of works ‘making’ themselves at The Popular Workshop
2. Marisa Purcell’s lovely, dreamy abstracts at Edwina Corlette
3. Coke Wisdom O’Neal’s latest photographs the result of unlikely circumstances, namely Superstorm Sandy at Mixed Greens
4. Nick Cave’s colorful horses come to life at Grand Central Terminal
5. A multimedia exhibition from artist and fashion designer Henrik Vibskov at Galerie des Galeries
6. José Parlá’s stream of consciousness via Yuka Tsuruno Gallery

 

March 26, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Screen Grabs & Glitch Blankets




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Every time my screen freezes, I wish I were faster to capture it. The patterns are so unexpected and beautifully frustrating. As brands have woven the concept of technology into their products, the transition’s been interesting to observe. From McQ’s and Mr. Hare’s paralyzing ads last year to Phillip Stearns’ more recent glitch blankets, the concept celebrates our utter lack of control- and a visual acceptance of the future.

March 26, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Learn to Communicate with Patterns




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Without color, pattern or texture, where would we be? In a black and white world, void of visuals (perhaps). Learning to use these elements to communicate a message is a skill Brad Woodward of Brave the Woods has honed rather successfully. In his recent Skillshare class, he’s opening the door to his studio to share some tricks of the trade. Learn how to convey moods, design for editorial and experiment illustratively. For a glimpse of the student projects to date, click here.

 

March 25, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Art: Revolution in Blue




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Latifa Echakhch’s curent show at The Hammer’s Project embarks on a story of lost communication. Affixing hundreds of pages of carbon paper to a gallery wall, Echakhah has run a solvent over it, shedding the ink of it’s meaning. Her piece, À chaque stencil une revolution (for each stencil a revolution), uses the outdated mode of communication to reference its significant use in previous wars. Referring to both abstract expressionism and the signature blue of Yves Klein, the work forces us to reconsider the relationship between art and politics. Click here to read more.

Hammer: 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

 

March 21, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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This week’s choice gallery picks burst with color and eye-catching detail as the artists investigate the varied dimensions in which we experience our lives.

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1. Tai Smith explores the obsolete at Helen Gory
2. Christopher Taggart’s composites of the dissected and recombined at Eli Ridgway
3, Tauba Auerbach explores the possibility of a fourth color receptor at Wiels
4. Lucy McLauchlan mixes psychedelia and primitivism to create monumental and provocative works at Triumph Gallery
5. Olek crochets her eventful year at Jonathan Levine Gallery
6. Sylvie Fleury’s It Might As Well Rain Until September presents a survey of the artist’s work made over the past two decades, alongside new site-specific pieces at Salon 94

 

March 19, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Expressive Storytelling




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Portraiture represents more than a moment- it’s the culmination of a mood, an outfit, a setting and a style. When it’s journalistic, the meaning’s more obvious, but when posed, the message is abstract. Merging paint with portraiture, Boo Ritson, of London paints her subjects as sculptures, then photographs them as stills, capturing a surreal interpretation of reality. The beauty and fashion worlds have been doing the same to a lesser degree. These examples trace the evolution of painterly portraits, revealing a detached reality and imperfect narrative. It’s more interesting, isn’t it?

1. Gareth Cadwallader, Mudpac
2. LOVE Magazine
3. LOVE Magazine
4. Mario Testino & Kate Moss
5. Boo Ritson
6. Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, LOVE Magazine

 

March 18, 2013 | By: Shayna Kulik

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