January 2020
Hank Willis Thomas at Kayne Griffin Corcoran
On view: January 18–March 7, 2020 In the grassy courtyard of Kayne Griffin Corcoran in Mid City, a Dukes of Hazzard replica car is upturned, balancing on its front bumper. The confederate flag is painted on its roof, and the words “General Lee” are prominent, recalling so many confederate monuments that have been recently questioned and dismantled. This sculpture is part of Hank Willis Thomas’ An All Colored Cast, an exhibition that plays off various color references: race relations, technicolor, and art history. Finding…
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Rosha Yaghmai at Kayne Griffin
At Kayne Griffin on La Brea, Rosha Yaghmai’s paintings in her solo show “Afterimages” dance with vibrant moire patterns as you walk around them. Each painting on tautly stretched organza fabric depicts a dreamy abstract field of color that bleeds and blurs, disallowing a sharp image to emerge. Though Yaghmai’s source imagery is personal, taking cues from the Persian miniatures in her childhood home, these works see the artist focusing in on sections of landscape, omitting any figure from the…
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Hank Willis Thomas at Kayne Griffin
Walking into Kayne Griffin’s main exhibition space, the American flag is instantly recognized as the material in two of Hank Willis Thomas’ massive quilted artworks. One, which is just over 17 feet wide, uses the stars of 30 flags to create a dense constellation over a navy blue sky. The second, 24-foot-long work uses only stripes. Less obvious, at first, is the material of a third artwork in the room: a red and white stripe motif which is made from…
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