The Lexicon of Sadie Barnette

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The Lexicon of Sadie Barnette

Sadie Barnette sees the world in fuchsia but not through the rose-colored glasses of old—this is a distinguished viewpoint, synthesized by a language of her own acute creation. It is influenced by March 20, 2023
Caleb Hahne Quintana: A Permission of Otherness

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Caleb Hahne Quintana: A Permission of Otherness

It was startling, that monumental glass of water, in what seemed like a simple, if not ritual gesture: water held skyward as if to examine the clarity. Yet Caleb Hahne Quintana, in all his works of t March 13, 2023
Hayley Barker: Riot Grrrls and Rabbit Holes

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Hayley Barker: Riot Grrrls and Rabbit Holes

Hayley Barker invites you to skip stones along a rippling riverbed, but to grow old with you, as well. Her still lives are not still. The flowers were just picked and the vase has history. Her landsc March 06, 2023
The Spring 2023 Cover Story: Fruit Force Femme with Fátima de Juan

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The Spring 2023 Cover Story: Fruit Force Femme with Fátima de Juan

In the hands of Fátima de Juan, everything, even a boot or crocodile, exudes main character energy. Over two short years, a vast army of burly femme warriors has stormed the artist’s castle, proli February 27, 2023
Stipan Tadić: The Night Seer

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Stipan Tadić: The Night Seer

Artists and authors often become embodiments of the cities where they live, or intimately associated with a particular place. They can create an aesthetic of locale which we visualize as a certainty, January 30, 2023
Ozzie Juarez: A Bigger Harvest

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Ozzie Juarez: A Bigger Harvest

As the world continues to shift and slide into new realities, the art scene parallels these unchartered territories. Along this journey, new perspectives and leaders emerged. I had the pleasure of si January 23, 2023
Alake Shilling: The Lucky Ladybugs

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Alake Shilling: The Lucky Ladybugs

Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist Alake Shilling appreciates the culture of her native city. Raised by a single mother who organized frequent trips to the art store, Shilling has always foun January 16, 2023
Mohamed l'Ghacham: The Time Traveler

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Mohamed l'Ghacham: The Time Traveler

There is a certain tone, a color that seems to imbue a found photo. It doesn’t matter what era it was taken, or from where it was obtained, but a film photo immediately creates a mood that is unive January 09, 2023
Wendy Park: Dream Language

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Wendy Park: Dream Language

Wendy Park’s paintings leave me somewhere between joy, heartache, and reminiscence, hopelessly pining for my mother’s cooking. A forgotten trifle awakens from deep inside the mind, the smallest d January 03, 2023
Pat Phillips: A Great American Landscape

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Pat Phillips: A Great American Landscape

Pat Phillips could have been a filmmaker or a documentarian, and with a brush or pen in his hand, he is, indeed, creating a moving image of America in the 21st Century. His observational eye was hone December 19, 2022
The Winter 23 Cover Story: Cristina BanBan's "Big Energy"

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The Winter 23 Cover Story: Cristina BanBan's "Big Energy"

Cristina Ban Ban paints women, she doesn’t paint waifs. Friends gather to drink, dance, work, and lounge, but they’re not Taylor Swift’s curated posse. Entry into the group is personhood, an ap December 12, 2022
Genevieve Cohn: Carrying Stones

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Genevieve Cohn: Carrying Stones

“Feminism” has unfortunately become one of those words often accompanied by a deep eye-roll. Its meaning has become warped into a cannon of hollowness—disfigured and muddled by ubiquity. But be November 29, 2022
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