Thomas Solomon Gallery

L.A. MAKES A SHOWING AT ARCO

Susan Emerling

Art in America, Vol. 98, No. 2, February:  30.

For the first time in its 29-year history, the international contemporary art fair ARCOmadrid has invited a city--Los Angeles--rather than a country as its "honored guest."  (The United States received the distinction in 1994.)  The switch, says the fair's director, Lourdes Fernandez, reflects the fact that "contemporary meaning is not in countries, but in cities."  Once organizers decided to...   read more

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"STILL BUOYANT ORBIT"
Gae Savannah

Satellite Miami Closes the Decade

Without doubt, this year, NADA won the Fabulous Venue award.  From double arch panache of front entrance to capacious tiered lobby, the retro glam of the grande dame Deauville Beach Resort gave tingly anticipation to what would appear through the doors.  Unfortunately, some of the NADA fare lacked the luster of the hotel.  However, at Thomas Solomon Gallery, Bart Exposito, proved an exception.

Exposito’s...   read more

By Michael Duncan

Published: February 1, 2010
Modern Painters/artinfo.com

"Cross Sections" at Thomas Solomon Gallery

Los Angeles

Oct. 17 – Nov. 14, 2009

Los Angeles is not really known for abstraction, but younger artists here can’t seem to stay away from it. Brad Eberhard is one of the best of the new practitioners, steering clear of murk and mess in fresh works open to the colors and shapes of the real world. Coming on the heels of his first solo painting show at...   read more

"Whimsical and diabolical debut"

Chistopher Knight

Los Angeles Times
January 22, 2010

A sparse but maddeningly enticing solo debut by Josh Mannis is anchored by "Variation," a digitally manipulated video that turns Pop whimsy into something bordering on diabolical. The repetitions start off playful, but as the unending loop continues you begin to understand why the man doing a calisthenics-dance on the TV...   read more

Haute

Curated by Roman  Stollenwerk

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Chaffey College

January 25 – March 6, 2010; Artists reception January 26, 6-8pm

Haute (High):High-class, high-toned, elevated, upper; Luxury, fancy, designer.
Fashion, design, cuisine and other “lifestyle” products have distinct tiers of value.  The distinction between mass-produced jeans and runway fashion is immediately apparent; however, these divides aren’t as obvious in fine art.  Art is inherently...   read more

Something in the Air, a group exhibition

Entering in-between material and spirit, something beyond our practice, parade of disasters, triumphs and perils, science, religion, ultimate purpose, meaning, and angel falls for humanity.

Something in the Air is a group exhibition including works by Marc Bell, Jennifer Celio, Adam Helms, Margaret Nielsen, and Aaron Sandnes.

For further information please contact HK Zamani.

Dates: January 12 – February 11, 2010

Reception: Tuesday...   read more

Thomas Solomon Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles artist JOSH MANNIS. This is Mannis’ first solo exhibition with the gallery.  The exhibition opens on Saturday, January 9, 2010 with a reception for the artist from 6 to 8 PM at 427 Bernard Street.

For his first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, VARIATIONS, Mannis will present a collection of works in different media that address issues of affirmation, presence and appropriation.  Within the framework of the public exhibition, Mannis explores the relationship of his...   read more

GALLERIES—DOWNTOWN

KRYSTEN CUNNINGHAM

What this tiny Lower East Side space—billed as an office as opposed to a gallery—lacks in square footage it more than makes up for in curatorial impact, under the keen direction of Howie Chen and Gabrielle Giattino. Their latest show introduces New York to a promising young sculptor from Los Angeles whose shelf-mounted arrangements interlace low-fi haptics (felt, hand-dyed from oak bark) and high-tech theories (a digital rendering of four-dimensional space) with hints of spiritual mysteries. The healing...   read more

KRYSTEN CUNNINGHAM

Tangental

Dispatch
127 Henry Street, between Pike and Rutgers Streets,
Lower East Side
Through Dec. 13

Krysten Cunningham has worked as a technician in a physics lab at the University of California, Los Angeles, for eight years, building generators and other scientific objects. Some of the lab’s materials find their way into her sculpture, where they link up with Bauhaus art and hippie craft. It’s a promising equation, to judge from her first New York solo show at the...   read more