Friday, May 26, 2017

Diana Thater "A Runaway World" @ The Mistake Room


Intersections. 









Mediated landscape and animal kingdom. 


Viewership.  Confrontation. Animals and humans equalized within video space. 


James Herman "Glass Island Studio" @ Ibid


Dwelling, 2017
plywood, redwood, found eucalyptus wood, bamboo, polycarbonate, metal roofing, glass, sink hardware, soil


Walls are paintings. Grain. 







Cycles, sustainability, and flux. 


Dave Hullfish-Bailey














Andrea Zittell meets Simon Rhodia meets Robert Gober.
Gallery setting makes it quaint and safe rather than vital and risky. 



Garden Shelf, 2015
plywood, cement, wood, glass
19 x 12 x 5 1/2 inches





Shower Hour, 2017
cement, shells, currency, rocks, marbles, bottle caps, mosaic, tile, glass
73 (diameter) x 1 1/2 inches


Holistic integrity. 


Mauna Kea, 2017
acrylic on panel
78 x 50 x 1 1/2 inches


Paintings are walls. Grain. 





Walkabout, 2017
plywood, found wood, bottle cap, cement glass
37 x 25 inches


Dianna Molzan "Usirpico" @ Kristina Kite


Untitled, 2016-2017
oil on canvas
30 x 23 x 3 inches




Fabric association. Totes. Pillows. 
Tribal. Totemic. Blinky Palermo. 


Untitled, 2017
oil on linen and canvas
38 x 9 x 5 inches





Untitled, 2017
oil on canvas and cotton batting
34 x 25 x 3 inches




Context. Floor. 


Untitled, 2015-2017
oil on canvas
61 x 45 inches


Painting recall 2010 @ Overduin & Kite "The Case of the Strand." Faux finish. Carpet, pie shapes. Where the triangle meets the curl. 




Untitled, 2016-2017
oil on jute with wooden dowels
30 x 24 x 3 inches


Pegboard. Dowels. Towels?



Untitled, 2016-2017
oil on canvas with Los Angeles Daily Times Morning Edition, August 16, 1926
36 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 4 inches


Chimes. Cell phone covers. Tactile (sometimes literal, sometimes illusion (the fussy faux dabbing, again)). Surface of cropped shrub/bush. Turf. Synthetic. 




Untitled, 2017
oil on canvas with poplar
30 x 35 x 7 inches



Pillows. Boob euphemism. Dual whatever the (pillow) case. Eye-popping. 



Untitled, 2017
oil on linen with canvas with carabiners
36 x 5 x 3 inches


Coin purses. Intimacy. Personal. An invitation to look closely, be close. 


Decorative all.