Entering Joseph Holtzman’s recent Hammer Project feels akin to entering a child’s sacred imaginative landscape, one where all the imaginary friends can not only be seen, but also deeply witnessed on a visceral level. Not all these friends are indeed friendly and some, like the ever inexplicable and elusive Jane Austen, comprise a visual field at once lush and enigmatic, one where the viewer could just as easily float away as be buried under the weight of sheer weightlessness. These are personal paintings of remembrance and whimsy as well as visual embodiments of the passage of time and how we are held in abeyance to our own human experience.
Joseph Holtzman
Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Show runs through Sept. 20, 2015
0 Comments