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Solo show with new paintings by Antone Könst opens at Marianne Boesky Gallery
Antone Könst, Tidbit, 2021 Oil on linen, 24 x 20 in. 61 x 50.8 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Lance Brewer.
ASPEN, CO
.-Marianne Boesky Gallery is presenting Dear Future, an exhibition of new paintings by Antone Könst. The artists new group of works capture the emotive impact and uncontainable energy of an indefinite future, shifting his portrayed characters between moments of hope, dread, tension, and humor. Dear Future is on view July 29 September 12, 2021 on the second floor of the gallerys space in Aspen.
Könsts paintings are rooted in figuration, presenting people, animals, and even inanimate objects that are imbued with personified feeling and life. As a starting point for his works, Könst frequently calls back to archetypal and art historical imagery, sourced from studied explorations of classical painting, sculpture, pop culture, and lived experience. The exhibition is inters
Artists and writers reflect on domestic exhibition spaces in Los Angeles, from 1940 to the present
Since the dawn of the 20th century, artists pursuing their dreams in Los Angeles have found a city rich in creative possibilities but often short on creative infrastructure. In response, they’ve built their own, tucked away in the abundant private homes, apartments and gardens of the city’s fertile plain. Exhibitions in closets, bathrooms and garden sheds are amongst the most interesting in a metropolis increasingly at the centre of the globalized art world. Charting a partial map of these domestic spaces over the past 80 years, this special section looks into what architectural historian Reyner Banham called, in