Martin Basher Martin Basher is a multi-disciplinary artist who makes photo-realist paintings, large-scale abstract canvases, and assemblage sculptures. Basher’s work is concerned with the conflicting, contradictory ways hope, desire, ideology and belief are manifest in contemporary consumer culture, specifically considering the pervasive drive of commerce to exploit a vast range of social, religious, tourist and …
Featuring Wonjung Choi, Christopher Clary, Denise DeSpirito, Mike Estabrook, Jen Mazza, Min Oh, Harumi Ori, Oraib Toukan Curated by Thomas J. Lax Opening Reception: June 27, 4-6 pm Exhibition Dates: June 20 through August 1, 2009 Feedback: Working Space 09 is our annual exhibition featuring works selected by guest curator Thomas J. Lax from artists participating …
Christopher Clary “At an early age homos learn how to project what others want, so being isn’t so much a natural state but a conscious act. ” Christopher Clary exposes such moments of intimacy, sadness, humor, lust, even boredom for the camera in his portraiture turned striptease. Whereas the printed image is covered up and …
Cuchifritos is pleased to present Close to Home, featuring artists, Josephine Halvorson and Andy Rosen. Being close to home is a physical place, a state of mind, and a psychological space. You can be close to home and things can hit close to home. The works in this exhibition bring the viewer into that place/state/space, closing the gap between that …
Featuring Pedro Barbeito, Kim Beck, Justen Ladda, Fernando Mastrangelo, and Paul Thek Curated by Amanda Church and Franklin Evans Exhibition Dates: March 5 through April 18, 2009 Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7, 4:00 – 6:00pm Cuchifritos is proud to present “Data Panic,” an exhibition of five artists whose work deals in various ways with breakdown …
Featuring Sandra Bermudez, Geoffrey Chadsey, Patrick Cunningham, Taylor Davis, Linda Hesh, Ashley Holmes, Coke Wisdom O’Neal, Katherine Streeter, Jordan Tinker Curated by Bill Previdi Exhibition Dates: January 10 through February 21, 2009 In keeping with the show’s theme, there will be a reception for the artists and public on Valentine’s Day, February 14, from 4-6 …
Featuring Steve Ellis, Shanna Fisher, Gabe Kirchheimer, Rick Prol, Martin Wong, and Infinity SS Co-curated by Ian Cofre and Alex Kiefer Opening Reception: Friday, October 3, 5.00pm – 7.30pm Exhibition Dates: September 27 through November 8, 2008 Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 12-6pm The Louvrefritos explores the themes of gentrification and economic transformation of the …
Jen Mazza In Jen Mazza’s small figurative oil paintings there is a dialogue between the plastic qualities inherent to painting and the instantaneous capture of the photograph. When reconstructing the photographic image, Mazza emphasizes the ‘skin’ of the painting: the surface is puckered, pulled -even torn through to reveal the imprimatura; thus magnifying the initial gesture and the emotion …
Artists employing a wide variety of media from AAI’s Rotating Studio Program, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Jane Benson, Megan Cump, Miwa Koizumi, Julie Ann Mann, Alice O’Malley, Mary Valverde, Claire Watkins, Heeseop Yoon Curated by Tatiana Arocha On View: August 2 through September 20, 2008 Reception: Saturday, September 6 from 4-6pm (part of Howl! …
Megan Cump My photographs fuse performative elements with traditional landscape imagery, in order to explore the metaphoric potential of the environment. My project, Feral, was shot while on solitary kayaking and hiking trips, using a medium format camera and basic camping supplies. In many works, traces of my body are visible as I merge with, …
