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Sean Townley: Bad News from the Colonies Townley’s show at Kristina Kite in Los Angeles presents a mystery for the […]

In Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s work, there is an attraction to the object that soon turns to awareness of its impact as a system within its physical environment. This scene portrays a counterbalance of trepidation, beauty, stress, and joy. But it’s his intuition towards physics and aesthetics that keeps the viewer lingering.

Listening to What the Objects Want
To understand Horvat’s work is to enter the kinesthetic sphere— a tactile world where one becomes aware of the body’s movement and the placement of objects in relationship to the spaces they inhabit. Here, the visual and physical become merged.

Memes have become a common form of social communication online. But what do they say about how we view the universe we live in?

Individually and as a body, Treib’s work highlights the various sensory modes of life in a painting. Her bed-sized oils on canvas are satisfyingly visual and tactile—displaying a heightened sensitivity to her medium and an awareness of space and movement that rewards the viewer who is fully open to their own aesthesiatic faculties.

Digital media’s influence on our relationships to images and objects has been paid little attention—but due to the vast amount of information we view, process, and share, it’s easy to tell that a shift has occurred. This shift opens up new areas to consider as aesthetic realities where poetry can emerge.

Mildred Howard’s survey at Parrasch Heijnen takes an important look at this artist whose career has spanned more than 40 years. Howard is an artist who asks us to seek the meanings of things beyond what is visible at the surface—things that reveal stories of the lives and memories of individuals and communities.

Mary Simpson’s work bridges abstraction with ideas relating to the ancient world and its mysteries. Here is a look into her work delving into nature, poetry, the feminine and the ancient mysteries of the temple of Eleusis.

The Observer Effect: Lucidity and Legibility in Image and Object— Ethan Greenbaum’s work transforms imagery of the urban environment into uncanny, jarring, and visually alluring objects that are equally 2D and sculptural. His work also presents a condition where the viewer’s perspective has an effect on what it seen.