Kenny Scharf has been slowly building up a spray-painted cast of characters to prepare for his latest show at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, “MOODZ.” Every day over the last several months, Scharf has painted a few more of his signature faces directly on the gallery walls. Now 250 of Sharf’s characters line the sprawling gallery space, each […]
The impressively scaled 40-person exhibition “Shattered Glass” is now on view at Jeffrey Deitch in Hollywood. Featuring an international group of artists of color, the show focuses on figurative works that take up space, each unapologetic in their depictions. The exhibition is a masterclass on figuration, with styles ranging from the surreal bodies of Bryant […]
Nari Ward’s “Say Can You See” immediately evokes themes of Americana. The artist works with found objects — shoes, clothing, bottles, oven pans, fire hoses, church pews — that embody a rich material history and symbolism. For the central work, “Still Lives with Step Ladders,” the artist took inspiration from memorials that popped up in […]
In “The Emerald Tablet” at Jeffrey Deitch, artist Ariana Papademetropoulos builds context around her own effervescent and dreamy paintings. A gallery in the front of the space presents five new works by the artist, while the remainder of the expansive exhibition, curated by Papademetropoulos, builds a robust conversation around mysticism. The artist’s own large scale […]
At Jeffrey Deitch, Kehinde Wiley is involved in another exhibition, Self-Addressed, which the artist curated. The show similarly focuses on portraiture, and Wiley has invited 44 African artists to participate, with full proceeds from the exhibition going to Wiley’s artist residency, Black Rock Senegal, in Dakar. The portraits included blend a range of mediums including […]
You may know him for his massive contributions to funk and R&B and work with Parliament/Funkadelic, but at Jeffrey Deitch, a solo exhibition of renowned musician George Clinton gives us a rare inside look at the visual work of the artist, which he has made alongside his music career for decades. Coinciding with the 40th […]
A retrospective of artist Faith Ringgold, who was born in 1930s Harlem, is on view at Jeffrey Deitch, showcasing the bold range of art produced over her prolific career. From early figurative paintings on canvas to sculptural dolls, to he well-known quilt works, the work on view ranges from the 60’s to pieces made as […]
At the Edge of the Sun at Jeffrey Deitch is a 12-person group show organized by the artists themselves. Diana Yesenia Alvarado, Michael Alvarez, Mario Ayala, Karla Ekaterine Canseco, rafa esparza, Alfonso Gonzalez Jr., Ozzie Juarez, Maria Maea, Jaime Muñoz, Guadalupe Rosales, Gabriela Ruiz, and Shizu Saldamando present a variety of work including video, photography […]
