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LA Times review written by Elina Shatkin 8/2/2007
by Reyes Rodriguez
Shizu Saldamando at Tropico de Nopal Gallery Art-Space
August 4th, 2007 - September 1st, 2007
Posted
10/12/08
Archive for Thursday, August 02, 2007
GALLERY
Chicano portraiture meets Siouxsie Sioux
The artist’s meticulous, almost photo-realistic works are a hybrid that’s ‘very L.A.’
By Elina ShatkinAugust 02, 2007 in print edition E-12
COMBINING elements of traditional Chicano portraiture, lowrider art and pinta (jailhouse) art, Shizu Saldamando’s delicate paintings and drawings depict a generation of young adults not commonly seen on canvases or ga... [more]
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PENAL CODES
by jenxuto
Sterling Ruby at MOCA Pacific Design Center
June 19th, 2008 - September 19th, 2008
Posted
8/8/08
SUPERMAX 2008 makes a remarkable first impression. With a maximum-security prison as his touchstone, Sterling Ruby converts the MOCA gallery into a traumatic site of punishment – and an over-crowded one at that – filled with graffiti-covered plinths, spray-painted canvases, collages, glossy-drip stalagmites, and monumental wood diagonals. The result is a sort of maximalist institutional critique, by way of Michel Foucault’s Discipline... [more]
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UNDER THE RADAR BY ANDREA BRANCA
by grindgallery
ASIA ENG, SEAN FORD, REBECCA HAHN, DANIEL LIM, NC WINTERS at The Grind Gallery
May 23rd, 2008 - June 13th, 2008
Posted
6/8/08
The Grind Gallery Presents "UNDER THE RADAR"
First I'd like to say it was difficult to pick just three artists to review. So many of the artists showing at The Grind Gallery are making beautiful, interesting, provocative work. From the show "Under the Radar No More", I felt compelled to write about Rebecca Hahn, Macsorro and Sean Ford.
Rebecca Hahn showed a collection of assemblage pieces, gorgeous in their flawlessness. They draw the viewer into the picture plane with a... [more]
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