The New Objectivity was an art movement in Germany established between the end of World War I and the Nazi rise to power. Artists like Otto Dix, Christian Schad and Aenne Biermann among others recognized the darkness of the times in which they lived and celebrated it...
While Dan Hernandez was standing in front of the Leonardo Annunciation a few years ago at the Uffizi, he recognized similarities between the painting and the classic arcade game Street Fighter II. Leonardo has the Archangel Gabriel leaning in toward the Virgin with a...
Whitney Bedford’s newest exhibition “West of Eden” at Susanne Vielmetter, is compulsory viewing for anyone who thinks they know anything about painting. Mind you, Bedford’s elegantly crafted oils on canvas of mostly landscapes, flora and fauna and the like, are...
Entering James Hyde's show at Luis De Jesus, one immediately wonders: What sort of pictures are these? At first glance, it is difficult to determine whether the expansive images are manual or mechanical, painterly or photographic.Materially, they are hybrids. Each...
I LOVE THIS MUSEUM.I wanted to visit at least one local arts institution before leaving town, and I’ve heard good things about the Perez Art Museum, so that’s where we went Sunday. The new director there—Franklin Sirmans—was the curator for contemporary art at LACMA,...
Carol Es’ first solo exhibition at Craig Krull Gallery, "Rock and Refuge," is a testament to precision and detail and color and space. Her paintings, largely mixed media materials including meticulously cut bits of fabric on birch panels, are both whimsical and...
Yesterday, I highlighted the artworks in the South Tent at Pulse Miami Beach. Right now, I’ll explain my reaction to the North Tent: it’s a little complicated. I never want to denigrate anyone’s taste, so believe me when I say I’m not judging when I describe the...
Okay, so I’m really liking Miami Art Week because I’m learning so much about the business of art. Take for instance last night’s yearly party thrown by Jack Shainman Gallery: You could call it a purely shallow affair that effectively markets its gallery and artists as...
Today we visited the Miami Project/Art on Paper fair. The design and layout of the event was nicely integrated into the existing infrastructure of the Deauville Beach Resort. Whoever did the visual logistics and design did an excellent job—almost like being on the New...
Multiples mostly bore me. That said, there are exceptions and Sean Townley’s second exhibition at Night Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles is one. The show consists largely of one image: three cast aluminum lions sculpted from a 3D scan of an ancient Greek funerary lion....
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