dayoutlast: February 2026

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

Saturday, February 14, 2026

Pundit Dream @ Vasa Studio Expo Gallery

Matt Paweski

Bonnet (Shaker), 2022

Fir plywood, aluminum, aluminum rivets, aluminum hardware, plastic, vinyl paint, enamel

33 x 48 x 32 inches

Vasa Mihic

Untilted, 1966

Lacquer on masonite

21 x 24

Niko Chodor

M-1780 excerpt Cleaved Flag / Cleaved Country, 2026

Acrylic on canvas on panel

99 x 52 inches

Kirsten Posehn

Ada's net, 2025

Acrylic on canvas

32.25 x 48 inches

Kristin Posehn

net work, 2025

Acrylic on canvas

32.25 x 40.25 inches

Alex Heilbron

Venus, 2021

Ballpoint pen on paper

16 x 24 inches

Alex Heilbron

Neutral Grains, 2018

Bench and side table, matches and cigarettes

53 x 46 x 18

Kristopher Raos

Untitled (Money green, leather sofa), 2025

Acrylic, gouache and flashe on canvas

48 x 38 inches

Rita McBride

JAP.EM. Template/Miele Vacuum, 2026

Mixed media

60 x 72 x 37 inches

NB: Seated figure was not part of the work, but seemed so poignant and serendipitous to both its form and content.

Alex Lukas

Customs, 2026

Three print-on-demand flags (sold by Linyi Aozhan Import and Export Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Fly Craft Product Co., Ltd., & Weifang Ronning Industry Co., Ltd.), flagpoles, trailer hitch flag mount, wooden sawhorse, sandbag, ropes, ratchet straps, zip ties & hardware)

Dimensions Variable

Everything below here was either peek-a-boo views or accessible storage areas of Vasa Mihic's studio, site of the exhibition. Somehow their inclusion inflected value and.or meaning; it was of one space.