January 2021
Ye Qin Zhu at Moskowitz Bayse
At Moskowitz Bayse in Hollywood, irregularly shaped wood panels form the bases for a wild set of colorful paintings by Ye Qin Zhu. Zhu builds his surfaces slowly to create texturally evocative fields — some recall some kind of sticky alien plasma while others feel more dull and benign like paper pulp — before applying a final layer of small brush marks that create frenetic fields across each piece. Some, like “cosmic reach for protection” appear as landscapes — brush…
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Michael Henry Hayden at Moskowitz Bayse
A few years ago, Michael Henry Hayden and his partner Anthony led me and a small group of friends on a magical night hike in Angeles National Forest — the two frequent trails in the area. Now, Hayden is using the forest as fodder for a new series of sculptures, literally. The works in his new show “Waiting for the Canyon’s Echo” are made from silicone casts of natural materials — rocks, plants, trees — both domestic and wild. For…
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Anthony Lepore at Moskowitz Bayse
Anthony Lepore's new exhibition of photographs at Moskowitz Bayse revels in trompe-l’oeil trickery. For each work, the artist constructs a shadow box and then lets loose an array of materials and processes which he photographs before framing the image back into the box. Time becomes material throughout the series — in one picture, popsicles are captured mid-melt, their sticky sugars still visible on the shadow box-cum-frame. In others, elements like fire, water, and, in one instance, a live snake, enter…
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Ryan Flores at Moskowitz Bayse
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a banquet table has been set at Moskowitz Bayse. The wooden table overflows with enticing fruits and vegetables, drawing you in to reveal that it is all made out of glazed ceramic. They’re nonetheless alluring, with the glazes running down the produce’s pocked surfaces spilling and blending into each other to create luscious yet mold-like surfaces. Exotic varieties — dragonfruit, papaya — nestle alongside workhorses like carrots and radishes, conveying a sense of fantastical wonder…
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