[Ingrid Dee Magidson, “Tempt Me.” Courtesy of Marion Meyer Fine Art]
This weekend is the public’s last chance to see Marion Meyer Contemporary Art’s Past Becomes Present, which features new works by Ingrid Dee Magidson. Comprised of images of paintings by old masters that have, via digital photography, been transformed into seemingly disjointed multimedia compositions, the show is a display of a veritable new brand of 22nd-century classical painting.
[Michael Kalish, “Rose on Red,” 2008. Bent car parts. Courtesy of the artist/MODAA]
Artist Michael Kalish is as famous for his innovative art as he is for the people who buy it from him. Kid Rock owns an original Kalish; so do Sharon Stone and the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Other owners? Muhammad Ali, Nancy Reagan, Tim Allen, Ringo Starr, Nike, Disney. The list of Kalish collectors reads like a who’s who of pop culture.
[Gregory Crewdson, “Untitled (Shane),” Summer 2006. Archival inkjet print, printed on Epson Premium Luster Paper, Ed. of 6. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery]
Crewdson is fast turning into the Edward Hopper of the staged photograph. He balances a keen sense of drama—the drama of ordinary people who do not loom large in their own worlds—with a keen sense of place and time.
[Allen Cox, “Eroica.” Oil and wax on linen. Courtesy of William Merrill Gallery]
William Merrill Gallery presents new abstract paintings by Allen Cox. Distinguished by a subtle earth-toned palette, the paintings are multi-layered compositions of pencil, oil and wax.
[David Shapiro, “Origin and Return 115,” 2007. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Greenfield Sacks Gallery]
David Shapiro’s abstractions balance the hard and the soft, the clear and the obscure, the bright and the dark in sequential panels that contrast forms and colors.
[Sally Storch, “Night Stories.” Oil on canvas. Courtesy Sue Greenwood Fine Art]
Artist Sally Storch has made a name for herself as a storyteller with a brush, often focusing the subject matter of her representational paintings on people who find themselves in cleverly staged and mysterious circumstances. A letter left on a table, a keepsake forgotten in a taxicab or other, similar visual peculiarities against romantic urban backgrounds stimulate the imagination of the viewer.
[Andy Moses, “Summer Daze.” Acrylic on shaped canvas. Courtesy Peter Blake Gallery]
Not to be missed this month at Laguna Beach’s Peter Blake Gallery are new paintings by Andy Moses, whose works explore the visual and emotional relationships between natural elements. Moses stretches his canvases over concavely curved armatures, thus giving them a three-dimensional twist that plays to the artist’s stratified visual vocabulary reminiscent of shifting horizons, light-drenched beaches, and more.
Irishman Edward Quinn in many ways may be seen as a predecessor to the modern day paparazzo. Throughout his storied career, he was known for capturing numerous images of figures in the public eye–Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Winston Churchill, and Pablo Picasso, among others. But, while today’s celebrity shutterbugs seem more like covert military intelligence officers snapping grainy shots of less-than-plussed individuals (Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton, anyone?) driving to the store or buying a new pair of shoes, Quinn created images that exude a distinct sense of glitz, glamour, and serene charm. Oh, how times have changed.
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