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HAINES - FRAENKEL - ALTMAN SIEGEL
ROBERT KOCH - WENDI NORRIS
04.28.16
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Haines Gallery : Overrated - Ai Weiwei
Comment by AB: Ai Weiwei's always got a bug up his ass about something, and you gotta hand it to the dude. He never deviates even in the least from his message. Options here include perversely luxurious wallpaper patterned with golden security cameras and Twitter logos, a series of photographs of the artist giving the finger to pretty much everything, three Lego self portraits of the artist symbolically dropping an historic Chinese urn, and more. Plus special added bonus-- a remodel of the main gallery does wonders for the space. Excellent!
Lego self-portraits by Ai Weiwei at Haines Gallery.
Detail of art in above image.
Itinerant Instagrammer pays digital homage to Ai Weiwei's wall of birds.
Ai Weiwei bird-flip photography closer.
Golden surveillance wallpaper by Ai Weiwei (like it).
Marble security camera on a pedestal by Ai Weiwei.
Porcelain flowers in a basket by Ai Weiwei.
Superb remodel of the main exhibition space - Ai Weiwei at Haines Gallery.
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Fraenkel Gallery : Christian Marclay - Six New Animations
Comment by AB: Christian Marclay's rapid-fire videos of trash on the streets like cigarette butts, bottle caps and plastic cup tops with straws through them have a certain hypnotic allure. The raw street and sidewalk settings remind me a bit of Brassai's book "Graffiti" published in 1960. You have to see these in person to really appreciate them. Stop on by.
Video art by Christian Marclay at Fraenkel Gallery.
Christian Marclay surveys trash on the streets.
Video art by Christian Marclay.
Christian Marclay rapid-action video.
Video art by Christian Marclay at Fraenkel Gallery.
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Altman Siegel Gallery : Jessica Dickinson - Are:
Comment by AB: Paintings by Jessica Dickinson are notable for their richly textured and well-worked surfaces. Also on exhibit is a group of her "notebook drawings."
Art by Jessica Dickinson at Altman Siegel Gallery.
Jessica Dickinson art.
Textured art by Jessica Dickinson.
Art in above image closer.
Jessica Dickinson art show at Altman Siegel Gallery.
"Notebook Drawings" by Jessica Dickinson in above image closer.
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Robert Koch Gallery : Kenneth Josephson - The Light of Coincidence
Comment by AB: Five-decade survey of work by this early conceptual photographer ranges from compositions of arranged paper bags and books to photographs within photographs to atmospheric urban life views.
Open book photograph by Kenneth Josephson at Robert Koch Gallery.
More Kenneth Josephson open book photographs.
Photographs within photographs by Kenneth Josephson.
Kenneth Josephson prepares sign copies of his new book at Robert Koch Gallery.
Conceptual photographs by Kenneth Josephson.
Detail of photograph in above image.
Photographs by Kenneth Josephson.
Kenneth Josephson photography show at Robert Koch Gallery.
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Gallery Wendi Norris : Val Britton - Transmissions; Miguel Angel R?os - A Trilogy.
Comment by AB: In the front gallery, Val Britton continues to refine her complex map-like configurations, this time adding several delicate standing sculptures to the mix. In the side gallery, Miguel Angel R?os presents works in multiple mediums including paintings, drawings, cut paper, manipulated photographs, and a video of two mules laying down a path of white powder as they meander through a desert.
Intricate collage art by Val Britton at Gallery Wendi Norris.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image (nicely done).
Delicate paper sculptures by Val Britton.
Hanging cut paper art by Val Britton.
Art by Val Britton.
Otherworldly photographic image by Miguel Angel R?os.
Miguel Angel R?os installation.
Painting by Miguel Angel R?os in above image closer.
Mules leave a white powder trail in the desert - video by Miguel Angel R?os.
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