December 2019
Gabrielle D’Angelo at Steve Turner
On view: November 23–December 21, 2019 Gabrielle D’Angelo’s Off Balance may seem like a literal title at first. Her vibrantly-dyed fabric works hang off-kilter on wooden mounts, and her sculptural work, held together with string, feels precariously balanced. Yet the title also alludes to the space in-between. And much of D’Angelo’s works cannot be easily named, which adds to their appeal. Ruching and draping techniques in her hanging fiber works add a structural clothing element, yet the works remain staunchly non-functional, recalling…
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Lydia Blakeley at Steve Turner
Remember that scene at the beginning of “Lady and the Tramp” when dog owners stroll by with their pups, each owner matching its dog in style and temperament? Lydia Blakeley’s new online show of paintings at Steve Turner takes dog-owner relationships even further: to the competitive dog show arena. In the show, the human-owners can never be seen in full and instead appear as disembodied hands or a pair of legs. Central to each painting is a dog (or set…
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Jingze Du at Steve Turner
In Hollywood, artist Jingze Du’s greyscale figures blend Cubism’s distortion with selfie culture and Hollywood references. In many of the portraits, Zu’s subjects hold iPhones up towards their faces as if capturing a selfie snap in a mirror. Set within matte black voids, Zu paints his figures with elongated faces and cubist piece-meal bodies, offering critiques of vanity alongside reverence for fashion and popular trends. An exaggerated popped collar or puffed sleeve feel like earnest explorations into garment construction. His…
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Hannah Morris at Steve Turner
The subjects in Hannah Morris’ paintings are a little off, with downcast, distant eyes, taffy torsos, and, occasionally, feet that seem rather large in comparison to their small heads. The figures appear in sweeping community settings, like a block party or summer camp, but upon closer inspection, they’re each sort of just doing their own thing in a manner reminiscent of the popular life simulation video game series, The Sims. There’s an undoubtedly chic elegance to these otherwise ordinary settings…
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