Tuesday, September 16, 2008


“Against the Grain” @ LACE

By Rohin Guha
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/against-the-grain-lace

Yeah, it's a bit pot-kettle-black. But art would be predictable if it didn't contradict itself once in a while. That's why there's a little poetry in the lush work on display as part of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions' "Against the Grain" (closing September 21). Curated by Christopher Russell, artists John Knuth, Anna Sew Hoy, and Ami Tallman round out an impressive set of 14 contributors whose work is just as overwrought as the decadence they pick apart. And while there are kernels of Gothic-ness peppering this exhibition (primarily through its dissection of decadence), the vision is strictly modern.

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