He explored the visual language of seedy motels. Elwyn Palmerton reports.
Reviews
Lou Beach @ Jack Fischer
Fantastical images every bit as surreal as the events that inspired them. Barbara Morris reports.
Rube Goldberg and ‘Contraption’ @ CJM
Two intertwined shows examine the role of machines and technology.
Trevor Paglen @ Altman Siegel
Art that unmasks the inner workings of the security state. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Oliver Lee Jackson @ Rena Bransten
Jackson explores what it means to make spiritual in the 21st century. Maria Porges reports.
Richard Kamler Remembered
Robert Atkins recounts his 40-year friendship with the late artist/activist.
‘Way Bay’ @ BAMPFA
A poetic (and decidedly nonlinear) survey of 200 years of Bay Area art. Maria Porges reports.
Hiroshi Sugimoto @ Fraenkel
The primordial side of an iconic artist. Max Blue reports.
‘Monumental’ @ JayJay
All-star Sacramento group show. David M. Roth reports.
Up on the Roof with Faith Ringgold
A timely exhibition from an iconic African-American activist/artist.
Linda Connor and Zhan Wang @ Haines
A potent reminder of the primordial forces that shape the Earth and human consciousness.
Andrea Way & Adam Fowler @ Brian Gross
Mesmerizing spectacles of precision and gesture. Julia Couzens reports.
‘Printstallations’ @ San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
Eight master printmakers display process innovations. David M. Roth reports.
Karla Wozniak @ Gregory Lind
Paintings that speak of domestic spaces in which interior and exterior trade places. Barbara Morris reports.
Canan Tolon @ Anglim Gilbert
Wild, kinetic paintings that comment on modernity and all that followed. Elwyn Palmerton reports.
Ned Kahn’s ‘Seed Vortex’ @ Bedford
Art meets environmental science in all-enveloping installation. Maria Porges reports.