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  • ARTZONE 461 - GUERRERO

    WHITE WALLS / SHOOTING GALLERY

    05.11.13 Part II

    (with assistance from RWM)



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    ArtZone 461 Gallery: Around Us - Jeong Im Yi; Panta rhei, everything flows - Eileen Starr Moderbacher.

    Review by RWM: Interesting still lifes from Jeong Im Yi whose realistic work also serves as presentations of symbols and maybe archetypes. Impressive representations and great outdoor stuff. Nice to see the wildness.

    Eileen Starr Moderbacher has great color scapes with symbols and maybe archetypes as well. Soothing colors and interesting movement. Nice blend of abstraction and color play.

    Comment by AB: Cloudscapes, a single tree on a hill, passing scenery, and a still-life of pencils are among the eclectic array of subjects favored by Jeong Im Yi-- all capably painted. So here's a riddle for you... What do you get when you combine the Tropics, the Polar regions and the Pony Express? You guessed it-- the art of Eileen Starr Moderbacher.

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    Art by Jeong Im Yi at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Art by Jeong Im Yi.

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    Passing scenery art by Jeong Im Yi at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Jeong Im Yi and her art at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Art by Jeong Im Yi.

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    Pencil still-life art by Jeong Im Yi above closer at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Art by Eileen Starr Moderbacher at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Eileen Starr Moderbacher.

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    Long view - Eileen Starr Moderbacher art show at ArtZone 461 Gallery.

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    Guerrero Gallery: Alex Lukas & Richard Colman - Miles from Home.

    Comment by AB: Alex Lukas continues his time travels into the future, returning with visions that ain't particularly pretty, but at the same time I don't think anyone will dispute them. In the rear gallery, Richard Coleman conjures up a deviate blend of life, death, contortion, erotica and animals. Worth seeing.

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    Art & installation by Alex Lukas at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Art by Alex Lukas in above image closer.

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    Alex Lukas art at Guerrero Gallery (kinda like that blue one).

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    Intricately detailed art by Alex Lukas.

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    Alex Lukas art in above image closer at Guerrero Gallery (nicely done).

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    Art & installation by Alex Lukas.

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    Apportioned art by Alex Lukas at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Art by Richard Colman at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Art by Richard Colman.

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    Richard Colman art in above image closer at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Small-format art by Richard Colman.

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    Richard Colman art at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Demographics - Alex Lukas & Richard Colman art show at Guerrero Gallery.

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    White Walls / Shooting Gallery: Control - Nick Flatt; Toy Box - Robert Xavier Burden; Tame Nor Sane - Van Arno; Before the Sun Dies, Part II, Kingdom of Night - C3. Check it out.

    Comment by AB: Four shows opening simultaneously-- that seems to be the new normal at the White Walls/Shooting Gallery megaplex where opening events have been ratcheted up to the point where they're now more in the realm of spectacles. This time around, it's Nick Flatt in the front gallery with his signature oversized photorealistic come-hither lovelies, and also introducing some more impressionistic works including several nudes and photo-negative-style renditions of hundred-dollar bills (cogent commentary on the current worth of American currency). Centerpiecing the show is a crushed glitter-coated Geo Metro.

    In the rear gallery, Robert Xavier Burden's breathtaking oversized paintings practically canonize action figures and superheroes, vivid and impressive in composition, color, framing, meticulousness and detail (what else is there?). However the totality of certain works transits uncomfortably close to the art of Kehinde Wiley. Of note is a set of action figure portraits that each incorporate either a complete or partial preserved specimen of their real-life creature inspirations/counterparts displayed in shadowbox enclosures beneath the painted figures.

    Rounding out the docket in the project spaces are mythic erotica-infused chronicles by the venerable Van Arno, and exquisitely unsettling pencil drawings by C3, so precise that might easily be confused with photographs.

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    Nick Flatt:

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    Big babe art by Nick Flatt at White Walls Gallery.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art by Nick Flatt in above image.

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    Nick Flatt and his art in above image closer at White Walls Gallery.

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    Monetary art by Nick Flatt.

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    Crushed glittery Geo Metro art by Nick Flatt at White Walls Gallery.

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    Nick Flatt art.

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    More lovely lassie art by Nick Flatt at White Walls Gallery.

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    Robert Xavier Burden:

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    Relative density - art by Robert Xavier Burden at Shooting Gallery.

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    Art by Robert Xavier Burden - too large to photograph in its entirety.

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    Frame detail of Robert Xavier Burden Batman art above at Shooting Gallery.

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    Robert Xavier Burden and his art at Shooting Gallery.

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    Imposing superhero art by Robert Xavier Burden.

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    Diminutive superhero art by Robert Xavier Burden at Shooting Gallery.

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    Art with actual animal specimens by Robert Xavier Burden.

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    More Robert Xavier Burden art/specimen combinations at Shooting Gallery.

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    Robert Xavier Burden specimen art in above image closer.

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    Art by Robert Xavier Burden at Shooting Gallery.

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    Van Arno:

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    Art by Van Arno at Shooting Gallery Project Space.

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    Van Arno art.

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    Art by Van Arno at Shooting Gallery Project Space.

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    Art by Van Arno.

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    C3:

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    Graphite drawing by C3 at White Walls Project Space.

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    C3 graphite art closer.

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    Pinkie cam detail of C3 art above at White Walls Project space (like it).

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    Photorealistic pencil drawing - art by C3.

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    Overview - C3 art show at White Walls Project Space.

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