Lori Waxman
Jason Lazarus
January 2013
“As this display of new and recent work should clarify, Jason Lazarus is not a photographer in any conventional sense.”… READ ON
PREVIEWS
Lilly McElroy
March 2011
“2009 Was A Rough Year”—that’s both the title of Lilly McElroy’s recent exhibition at Thomas Robertello Gallery and a statement of fact. It was indeed a rough year. The stock market crashed. The housing bubble burst. Countless … READ ON
IN PRINT March 2011 [TOC]
Ben Russell
December 2010
Ben Russell picked a fine word when he chose trip as the lexicographical genesis of “Trypps,” the experimental film series he’s been producing since 2005. Though idiosyncratic, the name serves as a catchall for every kind of trip in … READ ON
IN PRINT December 2010 [TOC]
Clare E. Rojas
October 2009
Welcome to the world of Clare E. Rojas, where bunnies with bloodshot eyes sniff flowers, swans sport red stripes, blood runs from ladies’ mouths to the sky, and men brandish flowers like clubs. Spin whatever tales you wish to explain these… READ ON
IN PRINT October 2009 [TOC]
Justin Cooper
May 2009
A wheelbarrow balancing on a seashell, giant plastic leis whirling in loops of color, folding chairs and garden hoses flying through the air—it’s a party all right, but frozen in place. Such is the paradoxically festive yet static … READ ON
IN PRINT May 2009 [TOC]
“Portraying Food (and the Absence of It)”
June 2008
The common denominator in this multigenerational exhibition of five Chinese artists, curated by Wu Hung, might be food, but there is nothing to eat, much less whet the appetite. On the contrary, the artists make the edible at once banal and… READ ON
PICKS
Shannon Stratton
April 2008
Empty brown paper bags, ragged Chinese parasols, popped champagne corks, dirty rubber duckies, vintage school ties, full diaries, and worthless Starbucks gift cards do not a pretty picture make. Shannon Stratton, however, has something of a… READ ON
PICKS
Kendell Carter
April 2008
In “Common Ground,” Kendell Carter pushes the conflation of high art, the decorative, and youth culture to its ludicrous if logical conclusion. The resulting display of hip-hop home furnishings and coordinating wall art is both one-liner… READ ON
PICKS
Caroline Picard
February 2008
Artist Caroline Picard is something of a local enigma: By day, she runs the Green Lantern Gallery & Press; by night, she writes endless, loopy novels, doodles awkward comix, and fashions fabulously hued assemblages from cut paper and gouache.… READ ON
PICKS
Anne Wilson
January 2008
The fineness of thread belies its functionality. In Anne Wilson’s practice, though, the strength of thread is paramount, but not for its ability to bind other objects. Here, thread, and sometimes wire filament, is knit, crocheted, and wound… READ ON