Artist Jeff Sonhouse Saves You the Cost of LSD
Sonhouse paints prominent and not so prominent African-Americans into colorful, distorted, geometrical compositions that render the subject barely recognizable.
Artist Bogdan Rata Injured in Horrific Teleportation Accident
Rata's foot-slash-hand (fand? hoot?) looks like something out of the trailer for J.J. Abram's 'Star Trek.'
Photographer Renate Aller Could’ve Sworn Those Ice Caps Were There a Minute Ago
Aller's show is a series of neat photographs of different versions of the same seascape.
Photographer Mickey Smith Goes to the Library
Smith's polished photographs pay homage to the days when hanging at the library was cool.
Artist Casey Ruble Will Blow Your Little Mind
Ruble's gouache works look like hallucinogenic versions of those scratch-n-sniff children's books.
Artist Luigi Benedicenti Orders a Suggestive Dessert
Benedicenti's paintings are of delicious treats like cream-filled profiteroles, pears dripping in caramel, and the sunniest of sunny-side up breakfast eggs.
Artist Tessa Farmer Kills Tinkerbell
Tessa Farmer's fairies are made of dead insects and live on twisted plant roots and animal carcasses.
Artist Michael Buhler-Rose Visits Bollywood, Florida
Michael Buhler-Rose seems to have stumbled upon an outpost of Bollywood extras waiting for their big moment.
Artist Jonathan Horowitz Is Just As Excited As You Are
Horowitz has cobbled together a very appropriate wall decoration for Obama’s new office.
Artist Jonathan Horowitz Does Some Last-Minute Electioneering
For those still undecided, Jonathan Horowitz has some voting advice.
Photographer Catherine Opie Is Saving Up for That Zoom Lens
Opie is best known as a provocateur, but she also has a talent for subtlety.
Beck Slays World’s Biggest Clown; Photographer Autumn De Wilde Is There
When Beck holds the weight of the world in his hands, it looks like this: glowing, red, and in the shape of an egg.
Artist Mary Jo Vath Is Saving That One for Later
This darling, somewhat mournful scene is like a mini-ballet.
Photographer Lise Sarfati Makes Already-Awkward Bath Slightly More Awkward
Lise Sarfati mingles high art with documentary.
Artist Daniel McDonald Does the Monster Mash
Daniel McDonald's latest figurine-studded dioramas reenact the struggle for autonomy among the creative classes.
Artist Olaf Breuning Submits the Worst-Ever ‘Project Runway’ Application
As glamour shots go, this one is overflowing with such playful grotesquerie that the only response is a gagging retch crossed with a laugh.
Artist Mary Heilmann Paints Little Boxes
Mary Heilmann cuts through the genre's occasional academicism with lush colors and a woozily applied impasto that suggest she's having a great, groovy time.
Artist Swoon Has Seen the Needle and the Damage Done
Not sure what this enchanting woman is sewing — has her blouse unraveled, or is she literally sewing herself?
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