February 2022
JJ Manford at Harper’s
The 1970 song “Our House” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is a tender tune about how a house becomes a home. The chorus rings out: “Our house is a very, very, very fine house / With two cats in the yard / Life used to be so hard / Now everything is easy 'cause of you.” Painter JJ Manford’s solo show at Harper’s takes its name from the song, and also features a cat here and there. His works…
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Caleb Lyons at HARPER’S
Caleb Lyons wants to buy your house. Or, his paintings say he does. His show title, I’m Surprised You Haven’t Called, refers to one work that reads “I WANT TO BUY YOUR HOUSE NOW CALL ME 323 417 8999.” Throughout the show, similar text demanding that you sell your home NOW is painted in bold, expressive typefaces along with imperatives like “START PACKING NOW,” “BE A MAN,” and “TAKE ACTION.” The text on each painting, always in cheerful bright colors,…
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