BUREAU of ARTS and CULTURE MAGAZINE: LOS ANGELES: BUREAU ART REVIEW: RACHEL LACHOWICZ at SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY

BUREAU ART REVIEW: RACHEL LACHOWICZ at SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY

BUREAU: ART REVIEW

RACHEL LACHOWICZ at

SHOSHANA WAYNE GALLERY

Nov 2 through to Dec 21 2013

A new body of work by a stellar artist is currently on view at

Shoshana Wayne Gallery / Bergamot Station Arts Complex

in Santa Monica California, U.S.A.

For starters, Ms. Lachowicz has been exhibiting artworks at

this art gallery since 1991: rare for an artist of this caliber.

She is the recipient of the coveted John Simon Guggenheim

Fellowship in 2003, has been recognized and written about

in Artforum, lauded by Art Critics Peter Frank & Doug Harvey,

participated in numerous group shows throughout the world,

but heres the clincher, her solo exhibitions have been sparse

in the past ten years, most likely due to her teaching position.

A solo show in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2010 and this exhibition which

is quite frankly, rather fabulous. Specifically the choice of

materials & indeed the Body of Sculptures, which are every

thing one would want from art works in this day and age:

entirely futuristic & fun. Ms Lachowicz is employing plexi-glass

and eyeshadow as well as lipstick wax, plastic glass and pigment.

A sort of Eva Hesse like feminism a la Donald Judd on hyper

speed with much of the inside sexuality and humor one gets

from Bourgeois and O'Keeffe.

There are two types of sculpture here, in the main room, the

future leaning gem like objects incased in plexi-glass and in the

project room a more realistic & classical style with nods to Art

history in the titles, such as 'Pink Lady', a reference to the classic

Gainsborough portrait, in this case, a circumference of bright

red candy apples, stacked accordingly, somewhat translucent.

As well as Untitled (Cotton Candy), consisting of a classic steers

head skull made entirely of hot pink lipstick wax. In the main

room, which steals the show are the afore mentioned future

leaning works. Jewels from an undiscovered planet, science

related ideas and geometric like angles that scream ultra modern

ideas that will most likely leave the audience wondering for

quite some time. It is museum level craftsmanship and work

with a clever use of materials: Eyeshadow ? Ya got me.

Why does art work work ? What makes us like it ? Scale. Form.

Color. Proportion. Angle. And in this case a fierce sense of the

feminine strength of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and good old

sexuality. We may not have a female president yet, but the Art

world has made a place for its female artists and this particular

artist understands exactly what she's doing and where she is

doing it. I mention this aspect only in terms of the material

choices such as lipstick wax and eyeshadow which is perplexing

and at the same time very easy to look at. It is a refreshing

body of work, exciting even.

The center piece of the show is titled Reflex Violet/Blue, is a

wall mounted work and more than any other work resembles

a jewel arrangement. Though even more on the viscerally

salacious side is the smaller sculptures which sit on the ground,

specifically Particle Dispersion : Hex Triple Pink, a sort of hot

punk rock pink which was introduced by The Sex Pistols Album

cover art and later employed in fashion and furniture mixed with

a fluorescent glowing orange. We have seen this color combination

employed recently by painter Yunhee Min earlier this year at The

Veilmetter Gallery in Culver City. We like it. See the cover of

ART ltd. Magazine this season.

Sitting within the various colored sculptures: Pink, Yellow, Green,

Violet, Blue, is the aforementioned eyeshadow which upon first

glance, appears to be made of flour, Baking Soda or Cleanser.

Though, this is not your Mothers sculpture & it is at this particular

juncture that Ms. Lachowicz leaps from the previously mentioned

artists into the realm of the now. Beauty is power. The woman of

today is not necessarily finding power in the kitchen. This new

generation of Feminism is entirely free of that particular paradigm,

but indeed has inherited a new challenge, one that does include

surface, inner and outer beauty, sexuality and objectification.

Suffice it to say that Rachel Lachowicz is an exciting artist to

watch and is entering into a mid career phase that holds all

of the potential and verve one would expect from such a well

plotted career thus far. The paintings are interesting, specifically

the Quantum Dot with Two Electrons, but it is this new body of

sculptures that seem to speak to the modern world rather boldly.

One looks into them, unable to grasp at the powder in the middle.

The final frontier is not necessarily outer space, but inner space.

The mystery of what is inside. The untouchable aspects of self.

The things we can see, but cannot entirely understand. Not only

about ourselves and others, but about life's mystery all itself.

Reviewed by Joshua A. Triliegi / Nov 2 2013

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