When entering the downtown Los Angeles studio of artist Gabriela Ruiz, I was struck by a painting of an eye. Not just any eye, but a puffy, surreal orb that

Continue readingGabriela Ruiz: Valley Girl

Shyama Golden is a surrealist storyteller, weaving together a multiplex of references to envision her own lyrical journey of endless rebirth. Los Angeles, Golden’s home, is a primary character in

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As soon as I first read about the practice of London-based Christian Quin Newell, I knew I wanted to interview him. His show there this past summer at Public Gallery

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We have a longstanding romance with the American train, a slow and poetic vision that crosses rivers, slices through mountains and connects towns, cities and new frontiers. The railroad has

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Kyndacee Harris is busy painting, otherwise I’d ask her to run for office. She had me at first glance—a painting of her own elementary school drill team—and again when I

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It begins with a space. The original, creaking floors of GRIMM’s Tribeca space brings out something special in the viewing of Anthony Cudahy’s paintings, a show I wanted to see

Continue readingAnthony Cudahy: The Inflections of Somebody