Elena Masrour, “Bingo, I’m the King Now”; March 18th – April 11th in auxiliary gallery
Bingo, I’m the King NowElena MasrourPublic reception: April 7th, 2023, 6-9pm Bingo, I’m the King Now is a collection of fifteen ink drawings by Elena Masrour. In co-opting the brushy, tightly-framed aesthetic of American comics, Masrour invites Western viewers into a critique of the oppression of Iranian people. The artist illustrates smiling women, taunting and […]
Alex Vlasov, “I Paint Houses”; Feb 3rd – Mar 25th
I Paint HousesAlex VlasovOpening reception: February 3rd, 2023, 6-9pmArtist talk: March 5th, 2023, 2pm Undercutting the art historical weight of the term “painting,” Vlasov’s newest body of work playfully constructs a relationship between raw building materials, fluorescent color, and the everyday as a canvas. Mitered angles of construction lumber halo lively and structural configurations of […]
Anitra Frazier, “Back in the Day”; Feb 3rd – March 5th in auxiliary gallery
Back in the DayAnitra FrazierOpening reception: February 3rd, 2023, 6-9pm In this series of paintings, Frazier draws inspiration from her father’s decades-old Pentax film photographs. Faded yellows, greens, and the lighting effects of harsh camera flash come through in the paintings, and the children’s clothing styles date the images in a pre-21st century time. Each […]