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Eric Yahnker – Factory Reset

Posted by Fabio 13 December 2018

From his home in Desert Hot Springs, CA artist Eric Yahnker has elaborated in pastel drawings across large swaths of sandpaper a vision of America today and a culture in need of a “factory reset”, erasing all content and settings, wiping the memory, rebooting the corrupted system. read more

Takesada Matsutani

Posted by Fabio 6 December 2018

Takesada Matsutani is a Japanese painter, printmaker, and installation artist. As a member of the second generation group of avant-garde Gutai artists, Matsutani is best known for his techniques utilizing blown air into vinyl glue to produce bulbous ridges and forms in the surfaces of his works. read more

Laura Berger

Posted by Fabio 5 December 2018

Chicago based artist Laura Berger works primarily in acrylic and gouache. She also likes making things out of clay and creating little animations. Her work is focused on exploring our connections to ourselves and each other, and the idea of finding novelty and adventure in everyday life. read more

Robert F. Alvarez

Posted by Fabio 5 December 2018

Robert F. Alvarez (b. 1988) creates visual narratives drawn from his own writings and observations. With a background in advertising and graphic design, Alvarez’s bold images are often centered on issues of identity, where he examines the intersection of text and image to promote a dialogue of reflection and consideration. read more

Jordy Kerwick: Diary of an Introvert

Posted by Fabio 3 December 2018

Australian artist Jordy Kerwick first UK solo show. With a substantial Instagram following, he is part of a new generation of internationally renowned artists who attribute part of their success to connecting, sharing, and selling online. read more

Jordy van den Nieuwendijk’s first ever UK solo exhibition

Posted by Fabio 27 November 2018

For Jordy van den Nieuwendijk’s first ever UK solo exhibition, the gallery space will be transformed by a series of farm-themed paintings created exclusively for the show and obligatory hay bales neatly piled in the space. All are painted in Van Den Nieuwendijk’ by-now-familiar style read more

Sharon Core’s “Thiebaud” series (2003–04)

Posted by Fabio 26 November 2018

Sharon Core is an American artist and photographer whose work uses art-historical conventions of landscape, portraiture and still life to explore questions of collective memory, the nature of authenticity and authorship, and the interplay between photographic truth and illusion. read more