This article first appeared as a review in Juxtapoz Magazine on February 8, 2023. Cheers to the Asian Art Museum and exhibition organizer Yuki Morishima for presenting the first solo exhibition of Yoshida Hodaka in the United States. Hodaka was an influential Japanese artist with a voracious appetite for innovation and experimentation. Schooled in traditional […]Read Post ›
This article first appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on December 3, 2021. John DiPaolo’s 10th solo show at Dolby Chadwick opens in San Francisco on December 2nd. The exhibit will gratify and surprise. There hang, in all their sculptural power, the large-scale gestural and multi-textural abstractions for which he is known. The disjunctive but somehow harmonized […]Read Post ›
This essay with four poems was first published in September 2021, by Hollis Taggart Gallery, as part of their exhibition catalogue for the presentation of “Entanglement: Hollis Heichemer.“ The modern mind is encouraged to satisfy curiosity via a ticking of boxes. The quest for inspiration is often presented as a shopping expedition—think TED talks, listicles, […]Read Post ›
This article was originally published in Juxtapoz Magazine on June 25, 2021 Beauty Will Be Convulsive / Dolby Chadwick Gallery / July 1-August 29, 2021 Not to be missed is Beauty Will Be Convulsive, new work by Matt Gonzalez, which runs concurrently with the Terry Powers show at Dolby Chadwick Gallery. The exhibit includes 20 […]Read Post ›
This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on June 24, 2021. Why do we even bother to look at art in this day and age? Is it for the hope of a deeper exchange or some promising sign, if not of a better life, of a finer, more dear appreciation of this one. In The […]Read Post ›
This essay originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on September 30, 2020. Alex Kanevsky’s exhibition of new work at Dolby Chadwick Gallery focuses on the human figure. Whether lying on a bed, sharing a meal, or riding a horse, each subject appears in syncopation with their surroundings. Each painting comprises still life, landscape, and portrait. Interior and exterior […]Read Post ›
Emilio Villalba: Modernist Recoding by Tamsin Smith. This article originally appeared on November 27, 2918, in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Known for his arresting portraiture, Emilio Villalba has blazed a quick and dynamic path in art communities from California to New York and across the globe with multiple exhibitions and an active and impressive social media following. […]Read Post ›
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