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Sean Landers at China Art Objects Galleries It’s been quite some time since his ’90s “loser” era, when Sean Landers was best known for brilliant and pathetic self-effacing word paintings. These five new oils still have the same sense of humor and shame that fueled his early work. Two portraits......
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Sean Landers at China Art Objects Galleries It’s been quite some time since his ’90s “loser” era, when Sean Landers was best known for brilliant and pathetic self-effacing word paintings. These five new oils still have the same sense of humor and shame that fueled his early work. Two portraits......
Sharon Levy

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Benjamin Butler’s “New Trees” at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery For his new body of work, a further meditation on trees, Benjamin Butler mixes techniques of modern abstract painting to convey a spiritual fascination with the natural world, veering toward the psychedelic through his use of color and heavy patterning. In many......
Sharon Levy

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Benjamin Butler’s “New Trees” at Karyn Lovegrove Gallery For his new body of work, a further meditation on trees, Benjamin Butler mixes techniques of modern abstract painting to convey a spiritual fascination with the natural world, veering toward the psychedelic through his use of color and heavy patterning. In many......
Installation by Pae White and Judy Ledgerwood

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Tyson Reeder’s “Menomonee Valley” at Jack Hanley Gallery Many galleries are closed this week, but a few are starting the fall season a bit early and others are in the last days of their summer shows. Opening September 1, Tyson Reeder’s new painting exhibition forms a sort of nostalgic history......
Installation by Pae White and Judy Ledgerwood

Must See Art

Tyson Reeder’s “Menomonee Valley” at Jack Hanley Gallery Many galleries are closed this week, but a few are starting the fall season a bit early and others are in the last days of their summer shows. Opening September 1, Tyson Reeder’s new painting exhibition forms a sort of nostalgic history......
Mary Heilmann

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Mary Heilmann’s “To Be Someone” at the Orange County Museum of Art This is the last week to see the incredible tour de force that is the Mary Heilmann retrospective. Although she is one of the most influential contemporary abstract painters, many MFA students seem unaware of her — even......
Mary Heilmann

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Mary Heilmann’s “To Be Someone” at the Orange County Museum of Art This is the last week to see the incredible tour de force that is the Mary Heilmann retrospective. Although she is one of the most influential contemporary abstract painters, many MFA students seem unaware of her — even......
Minerva Cuevas

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Minerva Cuevas at MC The press release for Minerva Cuevas’ show is a short story by Tomás Meabe, who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party. Cuevas’ main work at MC is a video of a child reading the narrative: A rich man is troubled by the fact that......
Minerva Cuevas

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Minerva Cuevas at MC The press release for Minerva Cuevas’ show is a short story by Tomás Meabe, who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party. Cuevas’ main work at MC is a video of a child reading the narrative: A rich man is troubled by the fact that......