Kim Dong Yoo
Living Together
Amazing portraits of art celebrities created out of hand-painted butterflies. Very detailed and intense. Check it out through June 20, 2015
Kim Dong Yoo
Living Together
Amazing portraits of art celebrities created out of hand-painted butterflies. Very detailed and intense. Check it out through June 20, 2015
Erwin Olaf
Waiting: Selections from Erwin Olaf: Volume 1&2
Hasted Kraeutler Gallery
Erwin gave a talk about his photography which was very enlightening. He was very animated and very serious about the work, the process and what goes into the creation of each photograph. The title of the show is called “Waiting” which refers to the two extremes of his process. The longest is a still life which can take forever and the shortest being a blink which happens, as they say, in a blink. The picture above is him dealing with his own mortality and the depiction of his father’s end of life. To deal with the subject he recreated his father’s life as himself. He was very choked -up about the subject, but going through the process enabled him to deal with his own mortality. I believe there was a couple in the crowd who were subjects of one of his photographs. Very enlightening talk. Check out the show thorough February 28, 2015
Awol Erizku
The Only Way Is Up.
Hasted Kraeutler
Pictured above is Awol Erizku and Scott Frank art collector. Great show from a new MFA graduate from the Yale school of Art. Many of his class contemporaries were there to support his break-out show at Hasted Kraeutler. With a precise eye, he has managed to reference modern art history with his own contemporary experiences. He is making Art and Hip-Hop accessible to two different cultures that rarely cross or share a commonality. With his 7 story basketball hoops stacked vertically with the nets created out of gold chains and a Brooklyn Nets basketball sitting at top, there is no doubt the hip hop crew could relate to this piece. But with sly creative effect, he is referencing Donald Judd and sharing mental space with modern art world contemporaries. On the flip side with the Number 87 Duschamp basketball jersey, he’s taking a ready-made (very duchampian) and bringing the Hip Hop world into the modern art world with his ready made. Cool show. This kids on the move. Check it out.
Jeff Bark
Goldenboy
Hasted Kraeutler Gallery
Very of the moment photo show with live installation that includes parakeets and screened doors and a fantastic southern california vibe. Check it out.
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