Erick Medel doesn’t just take pictures, he sews them. Through a unique process involving denim and brightly colored threads, Medel documents through photography his Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles and finds the most mundane city scenes to then transform into highly detailed works that come from his sewing machine rather than oil paint. On the […]
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Gagosian is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition of works by Francesca Woodman, on view at their West 24th Street, New York space through April 27, 2024. The showase features more than fifty lifetime prints—many of which have not been previously exhibited—including Blueprint for a Temple (II) (1980), the largest work she accomplished. The exhibition presents key
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This is a show we highly recommend checking out at the stunning San Francisco space, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC). They are currently presenting a brilliant retrospective, Bonnie Ora Sherk: Life Frames Since 1970, the first posthumous exhibition survey of the late artist, environmental educator, and landscape planner. Before urban farms reclaimed unused city
I first encountered paño arte, intricate ink or pencil drawings on handkerchiefs created by incarcerated Chicanos, as a boy in south Texas. My older cousin had received a letter from Huntsville State Penitentiary. Every inch of the envelope was decorated with an elaborate web of images executed in ballpoint pen. Vegetal motifs sprouted roses and
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