Sterling Ruby
Sterling Ruby builds big things that feel like they sprang right out of the earth, move easily from pop culture references to art historical critique, not to mention from ceramic to urethane to wood. We want to move along with them from room to room. More...
Takashi Murakami
There is plenty for Takashi Murakami fans to cozy up to here, but go upstairs to see where the artist is going now. He gets self-reflexive in works that can include textual narrative that has some edge, even if he still wants us to smile. More...
Floyd Newsum
Floyd Newsum's style and subject matter are deliberately childlike, but graphically complex. Their links to folk art are as clear as to modernist surrealism and expressionism. Personal and family history also run up against the larger canvas of the racial history of this country. More...
“Beyond the Framework”
The five artists in “Beyond the Framework” seek precision of geometric abstraction, but also to reflect on topical issues. More...
Nikki S. Lee
Nikki S. Lee photographs herself playing a variety of characters joined by men who are cropped mostly out of frame. More...
A Beautiful Mess
Moving away from the crowded galleries of a blockbuster museum show can lead to unexpected rewards, as Maria Porges recently learned. More...
Sabina Ott and Dana Berman Duff
A 35-year friendship binds the late Chicago artist, Sabina Ott, and L.A. artist Dana Berman Duff. “What Does She See When She Shuts Her Eyes,” is the poetic and mysterious finale of their collaborations due to Ott’s passing last year. More...
Art Films
With the recent release of attention grabbing films set in or about the art world, DeWitt Cheng offers a "best of" selection of such films styled as satire, drama and documentary.. More...
Carrie Ann Baade
Symbolism culled from art history abounds in the work of Carrie Ann Baade. These visual clues feel like a treasure map search that lead us to autobiographical and feminist messaging. More...
Piero Manzoni
A forerunner of the late 1960s Italian “Arte Povera” movement, Piero Manzoni believed that painting had run its course as a viable medium, and so experimented with a range of materials as replacements for oil paint More...
Sherrie Wolf
Sherrie Wolf's "Found" exhibition is so titled because she’s painting from photographs of things exactly as she found them during her travels.She culled her new subject matter from flea markets and antique stores, and forgoes her usual sumptuous color in favor of black and white. More...
Chelsea Ryoko Wong
Chelsea Ryoko Wong's mixed-media paintings tackle the multi-cultural panorama of street life in the neighborhoods of San Francisco. More...
