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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
Rebecca Morris at Karyn Lovegrove GalleryL.A. painter Rebecca Morris shows a new batch of abstract paintings that are so, well, ugly and weird that I am completely enthralled with her bravado. Morris’ symmetrical installation suggests some sort of greater symbolism with smaller triangular canvases placed between larger works, like a......
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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
Rebecca Morris at Karyn Lovegrove GalleryL.A. painter Rebecca Morris shows a new batch of abstract paintings that are so, well, ugly and weird that I am completely enthralled with her bravado. Morris’ symmetrical installation suggests some sort of greater symbolism with smaller triangular canvases placed between larger works, like a......
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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
“Other Scenes” group show at Roberts & TiltonAaron Rose, Alleged Gallery founder, co-editor of the free ANP Quarterly and member of the band The Sads (with a new EP just released), has curated a show of some of his longtime faves. Most recently, Rose curated “The Beautiful Losers” show, and......
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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
“Other Scenes” group show at Roberts & TiltonAaron Rose, Alleged Gallery founder, co-editor of the free ANP Quarterly and member of the band The Sads (with a new EP just released), has curated a show of some of his longtime faves. Most recently, Rose curated “The Beautiful Losers” show, and......
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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
“Last Resort” by Mark Mann at Taylor De CordobaMann takes vintage post cards and digitally alters them to create photographs that look like off-kilter vacation souvenirs. At times, he pastes the same figure over and over, creating a comical repetition, and at other times, the end result is a more......
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Must See Art

Amra Brooks
“Last Resort” by Mark Mann at Taylor De CordobaMann takes vintage post cards and digitally alters them to create photographs that look like off-kilter vacation souvenirs. At times, he pastes the same figure over and over, creating a comical repetition, and at other times, the end result is a more......
(Illustrations by Pamela Jaeger)

Little Sister the Sky is Falling

Amra Brooks
Hollywood, 1984 There was no light. The house was built into a canyon, leaving it cold in the dry heat of summer. My birthday had just passed, and the middle of August was bringing the end of the vacation I spent with my father. I know this as if seen......
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The Encyclopedia Project

Amra Brooks
Seeking to redefine our concepts of cultural identity, history and language — and the classic reference work itself — Encyclopedia Vol. 1 A-E features the work of 114 writers and artists on information (and in a format) not found elsewhere. Under California, for instance, you will find “See canyon, Exene,......