The fluency of concept and form in Paul D’Agostino’s new, bifurcated show at Life on Mars marks a further consolidation of his rigorous attention to language and the infinity of ways it can be parsed, subverted, and remade.
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The Other Side of Portraiture
It may be a stretch to say that portraiture is in the air — given that there are all of two exhibitions devoted to it in New York City right now, one in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn — but their confluence can feel like the kind of Marxian (Groucho, not Karl) charge you get from watching a tradition-bound idiom seize up and explode.
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Speaking the Language of Paint: Karen Schwartz at Life on Mars
The paintings in Karen Schwartz’s show at Life on Mars are big, bold semi-abstractions that skate along the edge of chaos.
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Brenda Goodman’s Recent Paintings
I want to believe that this is the beginning of the art world’s real and enduring appreciation of Brenda Goodman’s hard won achievement.
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Life On Mars Gallery Presents Motherlove, an Evening of Art and Music
Life On Mars Gallery announces Motherlove, its first annual spring celebration. This one-night-only exhibition, art sale, and concert takes place on Wednesday, May 21 from 6 to 9pm at 56 Bogart in Brooklyn. Tickets 50% off for Hyperallergic readers. Click here and enter code “HYPER.”
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Martians Land in Bushwick
The Bushwick boom continues. When it opens its doors on Friday, October 4, the painting-focused Life on Mars gallery will be the newest entrant to the Bushwick art scene, joining the bustle at the 56 Bogart building.
