by Joseph A. Hazani October 29, 2022
Long Distance by Martin Boyce invites us to appreciate an industrial elegance with the media he employs in most of his exhibition pieces at Tanya Bonadkar Gallery. The sense of brutal with metal, due to its hardness in form, is alleviated by a sense of delicate appearance in the telephone communication device consistently presented in front of an ostensibly gentle perforation of a range of....
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by Joseph A. Hazani October 21, 2022
Ms. Dan Lam and Mr. Jan Kaláb present to us a healthy medley of scintillating sculpture and canvas with a preciously meticulous treatment of color in their dual opening at Hashimoto Contemporary. The reflectances, specifically from Ms. Lam’s waxy-fun, provides an interesting juxtaposition to the austerely planar yet nonetheless curvilinear treatment of colors by Mr. Kaláb. This austerity is....
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by Joseph A. Hazani October 9, 2022
In a continual debasement of the Western Fine Arts tradition, Contemporary Art Museum Chicago had the efficacious demonstration of the affirmation of death: Illiteracy. 'Untitled'Softground etchings, aquatint, spit bite and sugar lift on paperFour parts, each framed: 28 7/8 × 20 5/8 in. (73.3 × 52.4 cm)Gift of Sandra P. and Jack....
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