GEORGE KREVSKY - RENA BRANSTEN - PAULE ANGLIM

GREGORY LIND - MEYEROVICH - CALDWELL SNYDER

02.04.12 - Part I



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George Krevsky Gallery: Mary Vitelli Berti - People & Places.

Comment by AB: Wistful classic figurative oil paintings and pastels selected from the past fifteen years of work by Long Island, NY artist Mary Vitelli Berti. This is her first West Coast show.

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Rena Bransten Gallery: Fred Wilson.

Comment by AB: Fred Wilson takes this opportunity to rattle our brains with a compelling examination (inditement?) of slavery, the African Diaspora, racial inequality, and good old fashioned down home white people's bias. Good show; stop on by.

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Galler Paule Anglim: Canan Tolon - Then, and Then; Andrew Masullo.

Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Canon Tolon's mystifying black and white paintings are pure abstractions, but you can swear they have distinct representational elements, sometimes even photorealistic representational elements. Elements of her complex grid-like compositions look like passing scenery as you gaze out the window of a speeding car, buildings, fences, or old photographic negatives. Several times, I get up close and personal to try and decipher exactly what it is I think I'm seeing. In the end, it's all a mirage... and exquisitely deceptive. Check 'em out.

In the vestibule, Andrew Masullo's colorful upbeat paintings are guaranteed to please. They supposedly homage artists like Modigliani, Ensor and Picabia, among others. The gallery positions these homages as "subtle" which is good, 'cuz I can't even come close to seeing any connections.

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Gregory Lind Gallery: Sarah Walker - Eyefinger, Paintings and Drawings.

Comment by AB: According to the proclamation, Sarah Walker's art represents painted versions of Chinese scholar's rocks, exotic naturally occurring rocks replete with ridges, indentations, holes and strange contorted formations. The analogy works.

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Caldwell Snyder Gallery: James Wolanin - On the Road.

Comment by AB: Nostalgia meets pop art meets Alex Katz. The good life never looked so good... or so gone.

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