Bradford Salamon
Bradford Salamon paints in fine detail and with vibrant color to make the most banal objects take on unique identities in "Retro Mania." The attention to formal detail pays off with a visually harmonic flow. More...
John Armleder
When John Armleder explores an idea he takes a deep dive, as he does hear. The subject is a splash, as in water, and Armleder quotes a variety of styles towards a very different aesthetic purpose. More...
Shizu Saldamando
Shizu Saldamando's world is a place where human experience is rich and varied, and people aren’t defined by what surrounds them. More...
Eleanor Coen’s Pioneering Fresco
Lisa Wainwright's accidental discovery of Chicago artist Eleanor Coen's fresco in Mexico cast fresh light on her early career. More...
Benny Fountain
There is an unlikely chemistry between geometric abstraction and nostalgia in Benny Fountain's new "window room" paintings. More...
Claude Monet
Why another Claude Monet exhibition? "Monet: The Late Years" solidifies the case that Monet introduced bold innovations during his final decade following a break from painting due to the deaths of his wife and son. More...
"Sin Fronteras"
The artists featured in "Sin Fronteras" - Patrick McGrath Muniz, Nicholas Herrera and Tomas Vigil, bring historic Catholic imagery into the present. More...
Anthony Hernandez
Los Angeles has been Anthony Hernandez subject for decades, and "Screened Pictures" is no exception in this. He shoots through bus shelter mesh, so the images seen through the mesh are blurred and evocative. More...
Rag Bone Grace Truth
Margaret Hawkins drove to meet with her summer class thinking a break from art might be nice. And realized that art is always there to be found. More...
Daniel Ramos
In his archival print, “Coyote,” a polaroid of an open highway is taped atop a creased, weathered paper on which is typed the tale of artist Daniel Ramos’ father’s illegal passage from Mexico into the United States in 1971. More...
Gina M. Contreras
In “Sola Chola,” Gina Contreras uses a simplified color palette that powerfully stirs emotions of sex, desire, and longing. More...
Marianne Kolb
The advantage of Marianne Kolb’s female figures, their ambiguity, becomes a disadvantage as the art world comes to favor more social meaning. More...
From Gay Art to Queer Art in the Pacific Northwest (Part I)
The Pacific Northwest was the only region in the country in the 20th century where an entire art movement was founded exclusively by homosexuals. The so-called Northwest School's four major figures were Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Guy Irving Anderson and Kenneth Callahan. More...
Kevin Tolman
Kevin Tolman’s abstract paintings are influenced by the Southwestern landscape, but paintings from a recent trip to Portugal leave a strong impression. More...
Javier Peláez
Javier Peláez' offers potent reminders that happiness follows despair with his effective balance of painted shards, trees and high pitched color. More...
Joe Clower
Jagged lines, geometric forms and subtle architectural references populate Joe Clower’s paintings. He specializes in ambiguity that is suggestive of urban landscapes, and futuristic ones at that. More...
Christopher Jagmin
The word packed paintings of Christopher Jagmin blend dissection of contemporary culture with autobiography to powerful effect. Personal and public perceptions are questioned in playful yet profound ways. More...
To Swoon, Perchance to Dream
Richard Speer takes a close-up look at the zone separating carnal from spiritual ecstasy in some exceptional artworks. More...
Michael Wright
A New York expat, Michael Wright found “the light and clarity of New Mexico inspired new directions in my art.” More...
Barbara Peacock
Barbara Peacock says her “American Bedroom” show is a “cultural and anthropological study.” Indeed, these photographs prove you can divine a lot about people’s social station, body image, sexual orientation and other attributes just from seeing where they lay their heads, and with whom. More...
