Arts

by Andy Smith at Hi-Fructose Magazine • 2020-01-29 15:27:30 Reza Bahmani’s oil paintings, with each’s distinctive texture and scale, carry a distinct intimacy. In his recent show at Saless Gallery an accompanying score that required the use of headphones further beckoned viewers to focus on the massive portraits. His recent body of work was created […]

by Andy Smith at Hi-Fructose Magazine • 2020-01-30 09:08:06 Telmo Miel, the artist duo consisting of Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann, brings their surreal, distinct collaborative work to Thinkspace Projects with a new show. “Encounters,” opening on February 1, offers several pieces created over the past year. The duo last appeared on our site here. […]

by Andy Smith at Hi-Fructose Magazine • 2020-01-31 09:27:17 Mari Katayama’s photography uses her own body as one of her materials. Born with a rare congenital disorder, the artist had her legs amputated as a child, and at times, her sculptural work emulates the features of her body that the condition caused. The resulting work […]

by Andy Smith at Hi-Fructose Magazine • 2020-01-31 14:32:28 Rob Voerman’s massive installations and sculptures examine issues of wealth, climate change, and poverty—and where our current behaviors may take us. Projects like “The Exchange” posit that the only way to save natural resources is to tether it to currency. Elsewhere, the artist’s sculptures, drawings, and […]

by Andy Smith at Hi-Fructose Magazine • 2020-01-30 12:01:30 Tattoo artist, painter, and sculptor Fred Laverne has a dark surrealist sensibility, blending in odes to pop culture and pulp tropes into his work. The artist resides in Menton, France, and has garnered a reputation in both tattooing and fine arts, practices he keeps in parallel. […]