GEORGE KREVSKY - RENA BRANSTEN - PAULE ANGLIM
GREGORY LIND - MEYEROVICH - CALDWELL SNYDER
02.04.12 - Part I
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George Krevsky Gallery : Mary Vitelli Berti - People & Places.
Comment by AB: Wistful classic figurative oil paintings and pastels selected from the past fifteen years of work by Long Island, NY artist Mary Vitelli Berti. This is her first West Coast show.
Art by Mary Vitelli Berti at George Krevsky Gallery.
Art by Mary Vitelli Berti.
Mary Vitelli Berti and her art at George Krevsky Gallery.
Art by Mary Vitelli Berti.
Mary Vitelli Berti art at George Krevsky Gallery.
Art by Mary Vitelli Berti at George Krevsky Gallery.
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Rena Bransten Gallery : Fred Wilson.
Comment by AB: Fred Wilson takes this opportunity to rattle our brains with a compelling examination (inditement?) of slavery, the African Diaspora, racial inequality, and good old fashioned down home white people's bias. Good show; stop on by.
Art by Fred Wilson at Rena Bransten Gallery.
Fred Wilson art in above image closer.
Art/video installation by Fred Wilson at Rena Bransten Gallery.
Fred Wilson art/installation in above image closer.
Sculpture by Fred Wilson (like it).
Fred Wilson art at Rena Bransten Gallery.
Art by Fred Wilson closer.
Art/installation by Fred Wilson at Rena Bransten Gallery.
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Galler Paule Anglim : Canan Tolon - Then, and Then; Andrew Masullo.
Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Canon Tolon's mystifying black and white paintings are pure abstractions, but you can swear they have distinct representational elements, sometimes even photorealistic representational elements. Elements of her complex grid-like compositions look like passing scenery as you gaze out the window of a speeding car, buildings, fences, or old photographic negatives. Several times, I get up close and personal to try and decipher exactly what it is I think I'm seeing. In the end, it's all a mirage... and exquisitely deceptive. Check 'em out.
In the vestibule, Andrew Masullo's colorful upbeat paintings are guaranteed to please. They supposedly homage artists like Modigliani, Ensor and Picabia, among others. The gallery positions these homages as "subtle" which is good, 'cuz I can't even come close to seeing any connections.
Art by Canan Tolon at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Art by Canan Tolon.
Canan Tolon and her art in above image at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Art by Canan Tolon closer.
Canan Tolon art at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Art by Andrew Masullo at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Fun art by Andrew Masullo closer.
Andrew Masullo art at Gallery Paule Anglim.
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Gregory Lind Gallery : Sarah Walker - Eyefinger, Paintings and Drawings.
Comment by AB: According to the proclamation, Sarah Walker's art represents painted versions of Chinese scholar's rocks, exotic naturally occurring rocks replete with ridges, indentations, holes and strange contorted formations. The analogy works.
Art by Sarah Walker at Gregory Lind Gallery.
Art by Sarah Walker.
Sarah Walker and her art at Gregory Lind Gallery.
Pinkie cam detail of art by Sarah Walker in above image.
Art by Sarah Walker.
Sarah Walker art at Gregory Lind Gallery.
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Caldwell Snyder Gallery : James Wolanin - On the Road.
Comment by AB: Nostalgia meets pop art meets Alex Katz. The good life never looked so good... or so gone.
Art by James Wolanin at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.
James Wolanin and his art.
Art by James Wolanin.
James Wolanin art at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.
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Addendum:
Gallery selections at Meyerovich Gallery
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Sculpture and works on paper at Meyerovich Gallery.
Select works on paper at Meyerovich Gallery.
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