Josh Sperling builds upon as well as extends in his conceptualization of two signature forms, “squiggles” and “double bubbles.” Defying conventional definitions, the “squiggles” and “double bubbles” are painted sculptural forms. In order to make these hybrid forms, the artist has developed a meticulous process that culminates in canvas stretched over a precisely stepped plywood…
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*Actual Size at Modern Eden Gallery
Modern Eden Gallery is presenting *Actual Size, an exhibition featuring paintings, drawings, and sculptures of animals at scale. For the month of May, the gallery will be transformed into a veritable menagerie, highlighting the diversity and strength of the animal kingdom. This exhibit features new works by: Megan Buccere, Henry Schreiber, David Natale, Carisa Swenson,…
Matthew Cusick At Holly Johnson Gallery
Working with maps has been the focus of Matthew Cusick’s studio practice since 2002. He is captivated by the art and science of cartography and the multitude of ways maps represent the spatial complexity of the world. Using collage as his primary medium, his process is founded on the idea that the material used to…
Georgina Reskala At PDX Contemporary
Process is at the root of Georgina Reskala’s investigations in photography. Often starting with an extended exposure pinhole photograph taken at the beach, Reskala’s photographs begin as slightly hazy, atmospheric photos — slightly out of focus, yet universally recognizable. In Inventing the Truth, Reskala works with silver gelatin prints and photographs printed on linen. Through…
Pard Morrison At Brian Gross Fine Art
Combining painterly application with simplified structural forms, Pard Morrison’s works expand upon the minimalist tradition. Morrison colors the aluminum forms of his sculptures in an enameling process he calls patination. The smooth surfaces of these works belie the brushstrokes that are visible throughout his elaborate arrangements of color. In contrast, Morrison’s paintings on linen are…
Raymond Saunders At Casemore Kirkeby And Andrew Kreps Gallery
Since the 1960s, Raymond Saunders has developed a singular practice defined by an improvisational approach, as he culls eclectic ephemera, signage, detritus, and other materials from his daily life which reflect his living environment. A cult-like figure in the Bay Area art scene, Saunders’ paintings and installation-based works are loaded with rich swaths of paint,…
Jean-Philippe Delhomme At Perrotin Seoul
Flowers for Books, Jean-Philippe Delhomme’s first solo exhibition in Asia, is composed of intimately scaled still life paintings that, at first sight, fulfill the promise of the title. Books, magazines and vases of cut flowers occupy his still lifes. A series of portraits, painted from life with different sitters, introduce a presence among the inanimate…
Fraenkel POP-UP
Fraenkel Gallery has announced the opening of Fraenkel POP-UP, their temporary new space in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood. This satellite gallery is a cross between a friendly neighborhood store and your own personal art fair featuring works by artists including Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Adam Fuss, Peter Hujar, Richard Learoyd, Richard Misrach, Hiroshi Sugimoto,…
Simon Nicholas At Maybaum Gallery
A group, a crowd, a mob, a pack, a throng, a party. Before 2020 these words represented the most commonplace scenes of daily life–people, together. Simon Nicholas has been working on his depictions of gatherings for half a decade, but thanks to the social isolation of the 2020 pandemic, new implications in his work begin…
