dayoutlast

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, September 15, 2018

Olafur Eliasson "The Speed of Your Attention" @ Tanya Bonakdar | Los Angeles

Thomas Scheibitz "The Hunter in the Snow" @ Sprueth Magers

Fama, 2017

Oil, vinyl, pigment marker on canvas

51 3/8 x 37 5/8 inches

Monolog, 2015

Oil and pigment marker on canvas

31 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches

Untitled (No. 923), 2017

Oil, vinyl, pigment marker on canvas

74 7/8 x 59 inches

Frank Stella "Hotel Matisse Variation" @ Sprueth Magers

Hotel Matisse Variation, 2017

Elasto plastic RPT

22 1/4 x 22 3/4 x 20 inches

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Fiona Connor "Direct Address" @ 1301PE

Untitled #15 (5230 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90029), 2018

Cast resin, brown acrylic paint

Untitled #14 (4025 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90004), 2018

Cast resin, blue acrylic paint

These two images below share texture details but fail miserably re: color. Such is the ongoing dilemma with smart phone cameras and our universal reliance.