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HACKETT-FREEDMAN - SCULPTURESITE GALLERY PAULE ANGLIM - MMGALLERIES - LIMN GALLERY JOHN PENCE GALLERY 03.08.07 Hackett-Freedman Gallery: Manuel Neri - Painted Sculpture and Reliefs. Comment: This latest retail chapter in Manuel Neri's distinguished career runs concurrent with "Manuel Neri: The Figure in Relief," a major survey of his work at Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey (through April 29, 2007) which subsequently travels to the Portland Art Museum, Oregon (a 196-page monograph, Manuel Neri: The Figure in Relief, published by Hudson Hills Press, accompanies this exhibition). Neri's exceptionally congenial and most accomodating, by the way. Art. Art. Manuel Neri (left). Art. Art. Art. *** Sculpturesite Gallery: Hans Van De Bovenkamp - Menhirs, A Contemporary Interpretation of the Megalith. Comment: According to the prefatory (and independently confirmed by me looking the word up in a dictionary), a menhir is a monumental upright stone found in certain parts of England, like at Stonehenge for example. And true to the show's title, Van De Bovenkamp's current crop of bronzes are wavy variant flips on that. Art. Art. Hans Van De Bovenkamp. Art. Art. Art. *** Gallery Paule Anglim: James Castle; Judith Linhares. Comment: Outsider art chards by deaf mute James Castle (1899-1977) crack the "fine art" glass ceiling. Castle's subdued rudimentary palette and primitive diminutive compositions offer substantive insight into his silent life, conveying a convincing palpable reality. Judith Linhares's bright gouache narratives trend fable-like, peppered with naked ladies. Art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Tiny art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Art (James Castle). Art (Judith Linhares). Art (Judith Linhares). Art (Judith Linhares). Art (Judith Linhares). *** MMGalleries: Justin Quinn - Why E? New Chapters; Tara Thacker. Comment: Justin Quinn's painstakingly labyrinthine works on paper are composed entirely of the letter "E," and, he tells me, reference various chapters in that whale of a tale, Moby Dick. OK, but I wonder if any of the other letters in the alphabet ever get jealous? Tara Thacker's delicate intricate pieced porcelain sculptures, several of which remind me of sea anemones, require plexiglass protection 'cuz they're basically impossible to dust. But I still like 'em. Art (Tara Thacker). Art (Justin Quinn). Justin Quinn - E art. Art (Tara Thacker). Art (Tara Thacker). Art (Justin Quinn). Art (Tara Thacker). Art (Tara Thacker). *** Limn Gallery: Evri Kwong - Looking Both Ways. Comment: Evri Kwong's boxy self-propelled marionette effigies address various aspects of violence in our culture via a series of narrative compositions, the most complex of which incorporate stand-alone paintings circumscribed by advancing plot lines in comic strip style. Not necessarily pretty, but all too true. Art. Art. Art. Evri Kwong - art. Art. Art. Art. Art. *** John Pence Gallery: Clark Mitchell - Recent Pastels; Dean Larson - Recent Oil Paintings. Comment: Always meritorious representational art here. Clark Mitchell's pastels are mainly sunny California landscapes. Dean Larson paints up something for everyone including indoor, outdoor, genre, architectural, beach, still life, European and American cityscapes, and more. Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Let's zoom in. Art zoomed in (Dean Larson). Art zoomed in and scaled (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Dean Larson). Art (Clark Mitchell). Art (Clark Mitchell). *** |
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