Asif Tanvir Hoque is a Brooklyn-based oil-painter, who creates a mythological plain for angelic brown bodied figures to co-exist and revel in harmony. His body of work is encoded with romantic symbols and celestial creatures, creating a heaven-like environment. Drawing from art history, his personal life, and Bangladeshi ancestry, Hoque’s paintings are seemingly havens for…
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Taryn Simon At Gagosian London
Pink and yellow slips of paper announce the results of the ballot count in Haringey, London, for the European Union membership referendum; a billion-dollar Zimbabwean banknote marks the rapid decline of the nation’s currency; an empty 80-foot pedestal in New Orleans recalls the sanctioned removal of a statue of Confederate army commander Robert E. Lee…
Food For The Table: Gordito Amigos!
On my quest to travel around the planet as a vegetarian/vegan, I delight when I find one of my favorite lunch items on a vegan menu board. Not only one or two items on the menu, but a whole menu board dedicated to vegan taqueria food! There is a bit of hesitation on my part…
Black Hole/Atomic City (State of Decay) At Sanitary Tortilla Factory
Impacts that largely affect Indigenous and rural communities from nuclear weapons and their production in New Mexico and around the world, are not featured in the celebratory story of the Atomic Age promoted by Los Alamos, set for the commemoration in 2020 of the 75th Anniversary of the Trinity Test and the bombings of Hiroshima…
James Shefik At Gallery At The Werkshack
For this unique body of work, Shefik experiments with a whimsical approach to creating in contrast to his typical controlled methods. The result is playful sculptural “sketches” documented in photographic prints in metal. These large quizzical images inspire and delight, while inviting viewers to interject a narrative of their own. James Shefik: Lonely Circus Exhibition…
Michael Armitage At The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Michael Armitage’s large and lush paintings draw on storytelling, memory, current affairs, popular culture and the historical events of Kenya and East Africa. The artist paints with oil on Lubugo bark cloth – a culturally-significant material of the Buganda people in Uganda. The bark cloth is traditionally used as a burial shroud or in ceremonies….
Shaun Gladwell At The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Co-curated by Natasha Bullock and Blair French, Shaun Gladwell: Pacific Undertow, presents a range of media including paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and videos. Gladwell’s works often focus on a single performer, using various film techniques to picture the body in motion, and the connections between places and people. Skateboarders, BMX bike riders, soldiers and surfers…
MY FIERY FURNACE: The Art Of Gary-Paul Barbosa Prince At Autobody Fine Art
Oakland based artist Gary-Paul Barbosa Prince works in a mode of revolving series in painting, sculpture, and new media. On display are his most recent works that vacillate from finely well tuned oil paintings to roughly hewn cartoonish imagery that express his Mexican-American background as well as his passion for popular culture. Barbosa Prince grew…
Joan Miró At Fondation Maeght
The exhibition Joan Miró. Beyond painting. curated by Rosa Maria Malet, former director of the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, gives visitors the opportunity to discover an essential aspect of the artist: his exceptional graphic work. The exhibition is centered on the working process of Miró, an artist who produced one of the most remarkable…
