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CATHARINE CLARK - GEORGE LAWSON - ADOBE BACKROOM
MIGHTY BOX - SMASH - NEEDLES AND PENS
06.04.16
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Catharine Clark Gallery: Stephanie Syjuco - Neutral Calibration Studies (Ornament + Crime)
Comment by AB: Stephanie Syjuco collages up a mix of history, ethnicity, colonialism, popular culture, appropriated imagery, consumerism and more-- part color and part black & white-- in this editorialized parsing of today's complex realities. Referencing how we tend to measure everything up and "calibrate" our lives, she includes a large fabric gray scale in the front gallery and a color one in the rear gallery. There's loads of back-story I'm sure but for me it's the overall quality and presentation. Good show; go see.
Color calibration art by Stephanie Syjuco at Catharine Clark Gallery.
Select synopsis of reality by Stephanie Syjuco.
Art/installation in above image closer.
Semi-ethnic self-portraits by Stephanie Syjuco.
Stephanie Syjuco and art in above image closer at Catharine Clark Gallery.
Self-portrait in above image closer.
Black & white renditions of ethnic rugs by Stephanie Syjuco.
Floral still-life photograph by Stephanie Syjuco.
Gray scale art by Stephanie Syjuco.
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George Lawson Gallery: Jenny Bloomfield - Twinning, Recent Diptychs; Michael Voss - Eight paintings
Paired paintings by Jenny Bloomfield at George Lawson Gallery.
Jenny Bloomfield and her art.
Art by Jenny Bloomfield.
Small abstracts by Michael Voss.
Art by Michael Voss closer.
Demographics - Jenny Bloomfield & Michael Voss art at George Lawson Gallery.
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Adobe Books Backroom Gallery: Mesocosm. Curated by Jasmin Lim
Artists: Terry Berlier, Kate Bonner, Pablo Guardiola, Zane Jefferson Morris, Genevieve Quick, Sean Talley.
Comment by AB: Sample platter of work by some of our up-and-coming practitioners.
Wood sculpture by Terry Berlier at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery.
Sean talley art.
Art by Kate Bonner.
Rear-view eyewear & video by Genevieve Quick.
Smudgy graphite drawing by Zane Jefferson Morris.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.
Limited edition art by Pablo Guardiola.
Installation view - group art show at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery.
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Mighty Box Gallery: Suburban Dreams, Season One, Monopoly - Hugo Kobayashi
Comment by AB: Hugo Kobayashi tells me he grew up in Southern California suburbia and that these paintings are commentaries on the American dream of home ownership, the growing wealth disparity between the richest rich and the middle class, and the fact that in Monopoly, one player ends up owning everything while everyone else goes broke. Kinda like 'em.
Art by Hugo Kobayashi at Mighty Box Gallery.
Hugo Kobayashi and his art at Mighty Box Gallery.
Suburban monopoly art by Hugo Kobayashi.
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Smash Gallery: David Bowie Tribute Show
Artists: Ben Garcia, Jason Avery, Mara Light, Emilio Villalba, Lacey Bryant, Meredith Marsone, Ytaelena Lopez, Jeremy Sutton, Alex Murray Clark, Richard Stergulz, more.
David Bowie tribute art by Meredith Marsone up close at Smash Gallery.
Art by Alex Murray Clark (left), Richard Stergulz (center & right).
Jeremy Sutton art.
Art by Lacey Bryant.
Layout - David Bowie tribute group art show at Smash Gallery.
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Needles and Pens: Heidi Anderson - Desert Vessels & Cactus People
Comment by AB: Seventies kitsch meets the American Southwest.
Small ceramics and works on paper by Heidi Anderson at Needles and Pens.
Ceramic art by Heidi Anderson closer.
Art by Heidi Anderson.
Overview - Heidi Anderson art show at Needles and Pens.
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