Arts contributor YANYAN HUANG travels the world in search of big game. This week she reports back from Milan.
At the end of a hidden courtyard and kitty-corner to a modeling agency stands Cardi Black Box gallery. The current show, Set Pieces, curated by Andrew Berardini and Lauren Mackler, is inspired by William Leavitt's paintings of interiors. The exhibition brings together several prominent Los Angeles-based artists in loosely related installations
The sets created by Sarah Cain, Liz Glynn, Mateo Tannatt, and Samara Golden provide space for untethered narratives that transform the viewing process into a multi-faceted study. Samara Golden's white curtained room with a mirrored floor and black lights conjures up an eerie atmosphere. Liz Glynn's cast sculptures of hands, facemasks, and intestinal objects hint at remnants of violence. Adjacent is an operating table with a Raymond Pettibon print at the head and a gessoed white sheet cast aside at the foot. The sheet reveals a thick red cross—the international aid sign or surgical residue? Amanda Ross-Ho's green screen-colored canvases are placed sedately throughout the show, creating a parallel between the entertainment industry's illusionistic possibilities and the possibilities inherent in the creation of art. Set Pieces is a delightful jaunt into ambiguousness.
Photos by Marco Annunziata |Through April 15, 2013.
CARDI BLACK BOX
Corso di Porta Nuova,
38 Milan, Italy
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Matthew Brannon and William Leavitt
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Mateo Tannatt, Carter Mull
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Friedrich Kunath. Image courtesy of Cardi Black Box
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Aaron Curry, Sarah Cain, Scoli Acosta, and Mari Corse. Image courtesy of Cardi Black Box
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Liz Glynn, Kathryn Andrews, Raymond Pettibon, and Anthony Lepore
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Liz Glynn
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Kathryn Andrews
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Samara Golden
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Erik Frydenborg
At the end of a hidden courtyard and kitty-corner to a modeling agency stands Cardi Black Box gallery. The current show, Set Pieces, curated by Andrew Berardini and Lauren Mackler, is inspired by William Leavitt's paintings of interiors. The exhibition brings together several prominent Los Angeles-based artists in loosely related installations
The sets created by Sarah Cain, Liz Glynn, Mateo Tannatt, and Samara Golden provide space for untethered narratives that transform the viewing process into a multi-faceted study. Samara Golden's white curtained room with a mirrored floor and black lights conjures up an eerie atmosphere. Liz Glynn's cast sculptures of hands, facemasks, and intestinal objects hint at remnants of violence. Adjacent is an operating table with a Raymond Pettibon print at the head and a gessoed white sheet cast aside at the foot. The sheet reveals a thick red cross—the international aid sign or surgical residue? Amanda Ross-Ho's green screen-colored canvases are placed sedately throughout the show, creating a parallel between the entertainment industry's illusionistic possibilities and the possibilities inherent in the creation of art. Set Pieces is a delightful jaunt into ambiguousness.
Photos by Marco Annunziata |Through April 15, 2013.
CARDI BLACK BOX
Corso di Porta Nuova,
38 Milan, Italy
map
Matthew Brannon and William Leavitt
Mateo Tannatt, Carter Mull
Friedrich Kunath. Image courtesy of Cardi Black Box
Aaron Curry, Sarah Cain, Scoli Acosta, and Mari Corse. Image courtesy of Cardi Black Box
Liz Glynn, Kathryn Andrews, Raymond Pettibon, and Anthony Lepore
Liz Glynn
Kathryn Andrews
Samara Golden
Erik Frydenborg