by Joseph A. Hazani July 8, 2025
With an exhibition of a plurality of artists representing a summertime mood at La BEAST Gallery, two capture the success of that aire of levity; an attitude absent the lachrymose. 'Encounter with an Angel' (2025). Aaron Johnson. Acrylic on canvas. 40" x 30" x 1.5". Courtesy of the artist and La BEAST Gallery. All Rights Reserved. Aaron Johnson’s, in the words of the gallery owner,....
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by Joseph A. Hazani June 16, 2025
Señor Alexandre Arrechea provides an idea of honor, dare I say love, of his native Cuba with a testimony to its inescapable coral reefs with his Caribbean Stages exhibition at Simard Bilodeau Contemporary. His sculptural history translates an experience and relation to space which moves the optics of the viewer with his oils and pronounced staging that delights with the....
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by Joseph A. Hazani June 11, 2025
“Stand by your word. Make fair rules. Do the right thing.” -Tao Te Ching Chapter 8, Stephen Addis Translation No Country for Old Men explores the significance of high-civilized society, wherein the complexity of its internal movable parts exposes the contingency of gremlins in the engine, unbeknownst in possibility to the otherwise rough’n’tumble reality of the....
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