Friday, May 2, 2014

Spring 2013 in the Chinatown Arts District

It's now Spring 2014 and we are barely posting material from Spring 2013. We hope to put up some new material soon! Here we go!



Micol Hebron's "Reverse Engineering" was at Jancar from March 9 to April 13, 2013. The artist's reception happened on March 9, 2013 from 6 to 9.

I didn't think much of this artist's work.

In the backroom there was a  lady on TV crying in desperation. You could sit and watch it from a couch with a bottle of booze on a table right by it. Amazing....

At Charlie James Gallery you could see Nery Gabriel Lemus' installation A Hero Aint Nothin' But A Sandwich from February 16 to April 13, 2013.


Here you see the words "papi" which is father in Spanish as spoken by a child. The words are made out of traditional Mexican textiles. Next to these words is an object made with similar textiles that appears to have an eye.


Here we have a horse or a donkey with a Chavo del Ocho doll on it. The doll is put into place by a couple of belts. El Chavo del Ocho was a Mexican television character from the seventies. El Chavo was a poor kid that lived in a barrel in a "vecindario" or poor neighborhood. El Chavo had no parents. He lacked a father figure and this installation puts a critical eye on male heroes which are father figures of sorts.


Hilarious and to the point. This installation was pretty good!



Spiderman as drawn by a child. He's asking a question which seems to refer to his impotence. Once again an apparent failure of the hero figure.

Jim Thompson "1977" from February 16 to April 13, 2013. This installation was downstairs.


I don't care for baseball and didn't care for this installation.


At Coagula was the "Yes" show featuring Carol Es,Vito Lorusso, Michael Maas, Antonio Mendoza, Joe O'Neill, Leigh Salgado, Sharon Suhovy, Joshua Petker and Jerk. The opening reception was on April 6, 2013 from 6 to 9.



Not my cup of tea but this is an example of the best this show had to offer.



What can you say about these three D roses other than they are beautiful? I would hang them on my wall. Definitely!


Not really my cup of tea either but I like the composition and colors. In my eyes it's a bit anthropomorphic. Who knows? Ask the artist. He just may know....


Another cool composition.



When it rains it pours. I found this work to be worthy of photographing.



L2 Kontemporary featured Gronk's installation India Queen from March 30 to May 4, 2013.


I liked the colors and compositions. Won't say much cause I can't say much. In my opinion this kind of stuff is eye candy.


Nice!


Very nice!

Sabina Lee featured Kaoru Soeno's "A View" from April 6 - May 6, 2013.


I didn't care much for it but I should mention that one of my friends purchased on of these works.


Not very interesting.


More of the same.


Another view of the works.

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