What does it mean to be a has-been? Does it necessarily imply one is no longer needed in humanity, especially once the body’s wear and tear become that noticeable in making one obsolete in one’s trade? Where is the humanity in giving someone the dignity of being human after they are no longer useful towards celebrating human life?   This suggests that there is an entitlement to a....

Mr. Justin Williams introduces us to a planar perspective with idyllic ideas with his Synonym opening at Roberts Projects. The anthropocentrism in each of the proudly large canvases provides us with that visibility on what would otherwise be considered bromidic or insipid; nothing that aims at attempting to breach the surreal or imaginatively transcendent. Yet, beauty does not need to rely upon....

Mr. Omar Mendoza brings a strong encouragement of highness to his mighty demonstration of fine art with his My Colors opening at Steve Turney Gallery. The inventive and daring, if not dangerous, overcomplication of indigenous media is a smashing triumph of the experimental with the experienced to bring out the exquisite to representing true beauty. Here, in the minutiae of flowery material, in....