dayoutlast: January 2022

dayoutlast is a record of my direct engagement with mostly contemporary art, mostly Los Angelean.

As this blog has evolved since its 2010 inception, so has my perspective. What I once perceived as central within the investigation was what was central, literally, within the photographic frame that I shared here. While still an important consideration, such thinking has also given way to more peripheral considerations, ones also accompanied occasionally by text (written manifestation of thought) and the oscillations between them. What's missing here are larger unknowns surrounding issues of presentation and representation; the amount of time and space it actually takes to accomplish such first-hand observations; and the quandaries between documentation and interpretation.

Despite my attempt to communicate here with image and text what is essential in some respect about the artwork, neither representation should ever be considered a substitution for the primary viewing experience. Of course, occasionally there are exceptions.

Most of the time, these posts are merely remnants---residual fragments---from my last day out.

--Justin Lowman

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Laura Lima "Six Feet Over" @ Tanya Bonakdar | Los Angeles

GÍLIA, 2019

Fabric, thread, wood, glass, paint, buttons

29 x 22 1/4 x 5 inches; 73.7 x 56.5 x 12.7 cm

GLADSTONE WAVING BETWEEN TWO ASYMMETRIC MOUNTAINS, 2019

Fabric, thread, wood, paint

40 x 34 2/4 x 3 inches; 101.6 x 87 x 7.6 cm

ARACY, 2019

Fabric, thread, wood, paint

22 x 16 x 2 1/4 inches; 55.9 x 40.6 x 5.7 cm

ARACY, 2019

Fabric, thread, wood, paint

22 x 16 x 2 1/4 inches; 55.9 x 40.6 x 5.7 cm

LEVIANES #9, 2021

Tulle and dry ice

33 x 39 x 5 inches; 83.8 x 99.1 x 12.7 cm

LEVIANES #5, 2021

Tulle and dry ice

24 x 31 x 5 inches; 61 x 78.7 x 12.7 cm

LEVIANES #6, 2021

Tulle and dry ice

25 x 20 x 2 inches; 63.5 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm

Laura Lima "Six Feet Over" @ Tanya Bonakdar | Los Angeles

Chewing Fat Organized by Nancy Lupo @ Kristina Kite

Nico B Young
Chuck's Scraps, 2021
found scrap-wood drawer and pair of fluorescent lamps from an alley near former site of Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica, California, pair of fluorescent lamps made of found scrap-wood and fiberglass

Cayetano Ferrer
detail
Remnant Recomposition 4, 2019
Axminster carpet, seam tape
dimensions variable

Cudelice Brazelton IV
Deck, 2021
acrylic, plastic, synthetic leather on linen
58 1/2 x 40 x 6 1/2 inches

Nikita Gale
Locked Lungs, 2020-2021
acrylic shelf, acrylic disc, turntable, amplifier
12 x 6 x 10

Chewing Fat Organized by Nancy Lupo @ Kristina Kite

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Michelle Asselin "Exposure" @ Louise Alexander Gallery / AFP

I had hoped to see this show in person, but apparently I hadn't quite figured out the venue's operating hours. As it were, I was able to peek through the glass, which, of course, afforded reminders of reflection annoyance, let's call it, as well as an opportunity to become interested in an aspect of light that Asselin seems to enjoy as well, a fleeting moment.

See above link for additional information about the show and images of the work.