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Surfaces of Oakland
There are stretches of West Oakland where one could roam without encountering another soul; where the industrial lots and pastel facades take on a...
Fathoming the Work of Yang Fudong
In Yang Fudong's "The Fifth Night," several lone characters wander listlessly about a sound stage resembling a Shanghai public square. This black-and-white video work,...
How We Gather
In a world where people like to speak of "connecting," many artists — or, in the present case, curators — have taken on the...
Cal Shake’s ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ Is Far Too Serious
One line in particular escaped Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's early comedy, and managed to attain notoriety in itself: "We are all in the...
Jennie Ottinger’s Schoolyard Creeps
Past critics have described Jennie Ottinger's paintings as "ghostly." The artist tentatively accepts the observation, venturing that it may have to do with the...
Men in Perpetual Twilight
"You know what it's like when you're in a room with the light on and then suddenly the light goes out?" asks one character...
Lines of Sight
A world of mood rides on the placement of the horizon line. Consider the great Dutch landscape artists, who slung the tree line low,...
Materials in Procession
Traywick Contemporary's summer show, Traces and Accumulations, includes the work of seven artists, some of whom the gallery has long represented, others of whom...
