From Lindsay Preston Zappas, KCRW's Art Insider: "To title a group exhibition “It’s a sad and beautiful world…” is to set up a distinct tonal resonance. Particularly in lieu of a press release, those six words provide the only context. Many of the works seem to deal with the pandemic’s ensuing social isolation and the […]
In Michelle Blade’s solo exhibition of paintings and drawings at Wilding Cran, everyday life meets the supernatural. In her works, families congregate on shorelines, mothers breastfeed, and a quiet breakfast for one becomes a gateway to an otherworldly landscape. Blade’s 2020 work, “Within the Folds, a Seed / Glendale,” showcases this uncanny environment: a breakfast […]
When you walk into Wilding Cran Gallery, a secret motion sensor is tripped, kicking off an 8 minute orchestrated performance. The performers are kinetic sculptural works made from steel and wire, welded into formations that resemble blinds. Each sculpture plays its part in the kinetic dance — the largest one in the room (which resembles […]
It’s the last week to check out February James’ solo exhibition at Wilding Cran, (Don’t) Take Me With You. The exhibition consists of paintings, drawings, installation, and sculpture, and draws heavily on James’ personal life: the work mines her childhood, family, and current relationship with her young son. Tender portraits of family and friends utilize […]
Your Perfect Plastic Heart is an exhibition of Fawn Rogers’ aesthetic meditations on the oyster as an allegory of life and death, idolatry and empathy, eros and destruction in the Anthropocene. Runs May 21st - June 25th. To receive the full weekly coverage from Lindsay Preston Zappas, subscribe to our Art Insider Newsletter at kcrw.com/newsletters. Photo […]
Wilding Cran Gallery is pleased to present Broken Arm, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Vanessa Beecroft. Since her first performance in 1993, Vanessa Beecroft has shaped performance art and influenced modern representations of the female body and socio-political discourses in the contemporary art world. Throughout her career, Beecroft has produced 95 live performances […]
