Kenneth Tam
In "Griffith Park Boys Camp" Kenneth Tam brings “working-age” adult males of varying backgrounds and races together for a weekend of summer camp — not adult-modulated summer camp, mind you, but boys’ summer camp. More...
Ai Kijima
In a survey of her quilt/collages, the evolution of Ai Kijima's technical expertise and eye for subject matter are unpacked. From the influence of the Superflat movement, to "chaotic collages," to sexualized anime figures, then to decorative geometric abstraction, Kijima has elevated the aesthetic power of textiles. More...
“Casa Tomada”
The title translates as "House Taken Over" for this group show centered on the subject of occupation. Setting that aside, this is about as diverse a use of media and geographical distribution as anything you care to imagine. More...
Kari Wehrs
For her “Shot” series of tintype portraits, Kari Wehrs took to parts of the Arizona desert used by recreational shooters. More...
Can Photographs Tell the Truth Anymore?
We have grown accustomed to the ease with which pixels may be twisted: parts removed or replaced, only to be invisibly sutured back together into something diabolically different. Maria Porges notes that this new normal has artists pushing back to uncover a new veracity. More...
“A Conscious Surrender”
In "A Conscious Surrender" six artists push aside their normal working methods in favor producing out of character works. More...
Alexis Smith
Alexis Smith is keenly aware of lost worlds: open landscapes covered with orange groves, old Hollywood, the era of film noir and Coconut Grove kitsch. She play with images and with words, and "over time the images beat out the words." More...
“Selected Affinities”
"Selected Affinities" is a small group shows built around the late Allan Sekula, particularly his "Fish Story" series that splits the difference between documentary and conceptual photography. More...
Agnes Martin
A suite of 10 small prints executed by Agnes Martin in 1990 balance the wavering precision that are all about her world devoid of objects. More...
James Turell
Four of James Turrell's "Glass" works are portals, not just light and color saturated shapes, that cloak us in veils of colored mist. More...
Considering the Viewer
Often artists either fail to consider their viewers, or pointedly disregard them. Richard Speer explains the value of concern for the viewer. More...
Lawrence Gipe
"Another Cold Winter" is Lawrence Gipe's latest reflection on the visual rhetoric of the past, here the immediate post-war decade. The conjoined twins of beauty and tragedy echo an ambiguous present. More...
“Trump Card”
The artists of "Trump Card" make it more than an exercise of free expression. Their mockery and indictments ask that we see what is before our eyes. More...
