Archive for the ‘Art’ Category

“Double Take” by Farbod Elkaei @ Hamzianpour & Kia Gallery Art Review

Posted on June 30th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Farbod Elkaei introduces us to a new perspective on geometrical form, with a concentration on gradient in color and measure with his “Double Take” opening at Hamzianpour & Kia Gallery. His art is one that provides a discernible contrast in the shapes which have such certain completeness in their order, yet are allowed to act […]

‘Forage’ Group Show @ Dorado806

Posted on June 23rd, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Dorado806 presented a wonderful array of artworks ranging from sculpture to mixed media in well-proportioned scales. We have an eclectic display of what can constitute a favorable plurality of elemental artworks which can fit in very neat and narrow spaces, to imbue it with an organic effort – a return to Earthly simplicity.   Not […]

‘Lifetimes that Broke the Earth’ by Ishi Glinsky @ Chris Sharp Gallery

Posted on June 17th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Ishi Glinksy brings out a fully ripened indigenous burst of beauty with a confidently dazzling display of textures and forms with his ‘Lifetimes that Broke the Earth’ opening at Chris Sharp Gallery. The appropriate grander of the scale of the works breathes even more animated strength to the experience of a positive wonder through the […]

‘Heatwork’ by Nicole Ondre @ Tanya Leighton Gallery

Posted on June 10th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Nicole Ondre demonstrates a fascinating effort at self-reliant form with her ceramic sculptures at Tanya Leighton Gallery. There is a sincere daring, and therefore a necessary approbation, for her spontaneous glasseous forms inspired by knots and her affirmation of what is a beautiful shape and color.   It is in this plasticity where the soft […]

‘Suspirium’ by James Busby @ Lowell Ryan Projects

Posted on June 2nd, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

James Busby shines at representing finery, of creating the instance of refined in his artful compositions eloquently exhibited in his ‘Suspirium’ opening at Lowell Ryan Projects. His graphite completeness breathes a new idea to stencil formation in the visual arts. A confidence in extension with such delicate ornamentations of gentle completion. We have the human […]

‘Refugio en Las Flores’ by Kiara Aileen Machado @ Launch LA

Posted on May 26th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Ms. Kiara Aileen Machado triumphs in a colorful representation – indeed celebration – of indigenous Central American life with a mysteriously subtle glee in all of her jungle ideas with her Refugio en Las Flores opening at Launch LA presented by Luna Anaïs Gallery. I say glee because of the playful suggestion which is subtlety […]

‘Still Wet’ Bedri Baykam @ Gloria Delson Contemporary Arts

Posted on May 20th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

What is the impetus of the creative burst if not to add to life? And what a simplistic statement in achieving such an extension that we have with the new editions of Bedri Baykam’s work at Gloria Delson Contemporary Art. The eloquent statements of beauty provide that staunch confidence yet without a sense of pretentiousness […]

‘Deep’ by Bryan Ida @ Billis Williams Gallery

Posted on May 12th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Mr. Bryan Ida gives us a beautiful meditation on human intervention in natural forces with his Deep opening at Billis Willliams Gallery. The prima facie cryptic ideal which involves precious wildlife and terraneous forms imposed with geometrical rectilineal forms is best understood as the rational extension of the human mind onto a world which forever […]

‘Voice of the Sacred’ by Hyun Ae Kang @ Shatto Gallery

Posted on May 5th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

Hyun Ae Kang introduces to us novelty in the concept of texture with her Voice of The Sacred exhibition at Shatto Gallery. Her abundance of styles provides a satisfaction with not simply the licks off the canvas, but of smears, of glistens, of intensities in simplicity as well as in ornamentation. Hers is a delicious […]

‘The Harvest’ by David Hicks @ Diane Rosenstein Gallery

Posted on April 28th, 2023 by Joseph A. Hazani

What does it mean to harvest? To reap what one has sowed. In this necessarily positive fulfillment, Mr. David Hicks brings to market a delectable offering of pious meditation on the herbage fulfilled in his Central Coastal California nativity at Diane Rosenstein Gallery. It is in this honest toil towards producing what is necessary for […]