I FELT LIKE I was artfairing for the very first time. Was it always this distracting, so disorienting? The return of FOMO is particularly weird. Between the Super Bowl and the Oscars, Los Angeles had its first major art week since February 2020. Though centered around the Frieze Art Fair in Beverly Hills, the pageantry also included the Felix Art Fair at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, Spring Break (an artist-directed fairish thing) in Culver City, and about a million parties and openings, dinners, launches, screenings, and talks.For some, the week began at the beloved artist Kaari Upson’s
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“Nature Morte,” a still-life show featuring about 60 artists; Remy Jungerman’s painterly compositions of textiles and clay; and Florian Meisenberg’s abstract blobs and painted birds.
Taylor McKimens expands still life into a glittery landfill of all-American trash in “See the U.S.A.” (2021) at the Hole’s annual thematic group show.Credit.Taylor McKimens and The Hole
May 5, 2021
Through May 16. The Hole, 312 Bowery at Bleecker Street, Manhattan, (212) 466-1100, theholenyc.com.
For those who find art galleries interesting but intimidating, the Hole is an excellent place to test the waters. Especially now, when the gallery’s annual thematic group show traditionally a crowded over-the-top affair is in full cry, along with the fearless sensibility of its founder and guiding spirit, Kathy Grayson.