Onto the daring to consider, Abstract Icons @ Leslie Sacks Gallery seeks to inform the world with those impressions which are courageous in contemplation. That reduction, away from storytelling, to affirm nevertheless the same weight of marvel - is a difficult cross to bear. The chasm in appreciation among the common sense world of instant and blaring amusements - for what does the toddler enjoy....

What is that activity which is best? To change implies there is a beginning which is not perfect; for to move to an end freely is to experience what is not present; for if the best were present, one would not need to move to begin with. 'Untitled', n.d. Kenzi Shiokava.Wood, minerals. dried materials16 x 11 1/2 x 4 in40.6 x 29.2 x 10.2 cm. Courtesy the artist and Nonoka-Gallery. All Rights....

Finesse comes to mind with the quietly placed, tucked away from the exhibition itself, pretending to be an afterthought in curation; not another abstraction; Tray Laughter by the artist Benjamin L. Turner; at Babst Gallery in Los Angeles. Where is the adoration for gentle yet precise? 'Tray Laughter'(2020). Benjamin L. Turner. Pencil, chalk pastels, acrylic paint, watercolor onpaper in....