BODEGA
Artwork by Simone Johnson
1,000 Piece Puzzle
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BOUQUET WITH CUPCAKE (DESSERT)
Artwork by Alec Egan
1,000 Piece Puzzle
A NEW STAR RISING
Artwork by Rusudan Khizanishvili 1,000 Piece Puzzle
BodegacatsareasessentialtoNewYorkCityas thesubway!Theskyscrapers!Theyellowcabs!Or some(includingus)mightargue Bodegacatsare cute,sure,butreally,they’rearoundtokeepmice outofbodegas,whicharemainstaysofNYC culture SimoneJohnsonistheireagerandgifted portraitist,capturingthematwork whichisto say,nappingoncratesoffruits,stacksofcanned beans,andamidsttwelvepacksofbeer,oneeye alwaysopenforintruders
Artwork by Kour Pour
PeacockTigerisoneofaseriesofremarkable largescalepainting/blockprintsthatLAbased artistKourPourhascreatedinrecentyears This oneisourpersonalfavoriteand,asitsohappens, theartist'sfavoriteaswell RecentlygrantedUS citizenship,Pour'sexperienceasanimmigrant withamixed-racedbackgroundisthefoundation ofhiswork Weavingtogetherrepresentational imagery,abstractpatterning,andornamental elements,hecreatesnewhybridartworksthat traceculturalexchangearoundtheglobe
ThepleasuresofAlecEgan'sBouquetwith Cupcake(Dessert)areprettysimple Flowersare beautifulandhepaintsthembeautifully And cupcakesaredelicious There'sreallynoneedto overthinkthis,eventhoughAleccertainlyhasoverandoveragainthroughouthisfloral patterned,LauraAshleyinspired,bodyofwork Thisbouquetdoesn'tneedmuchinthewayof unpacking It'sjustthatnicetolookat
BATTLEOFMALIBU(INTHREEPARTS)1795: PARTONE,SEEBATTLE.LITTLERED CORVETTE
Artwork by Umar Rashid
1,000 Piece Puzzle
DidtheBattleofMalibuactuallyhappen? Probablynot Ok,definitelynot Butalsomaybeit did?LAbasedartistUmarRashiddecidedthatit wouldbecoolifithadhappenedsoforallintents andpurposesitdid AndiftheChumash,Tongva, Gabrielino,andotherindigenousLAtypeshadin factgoneontofighttheFrenglishempire,armed withalittleredCorvettedrivenbyBlackJesus, then,well,we'dhavelikedtoseethat Sohereitis Ithappened
InANewStarRisingtheGeorgianpainter RusudanKhizanishvilienmeshesthetraditional motherandchildthemewithotherarchetypes thedizzyinglycolorfulelementsoffolkart,the unrestrainedformsofexpressionism Here,the literallygoldenchildandhisblue-hairedmother areapartofthefabricofthenaturalworld,which isvibrant except,thatis,fortheshadowyfigure behindthem,whomayjustbetheretoremindus thatwhereverthere’slightandbeauty,there tendstobedarkness too
HOOKAH HOUSE
Artwork by Orkideh Torabi
1,000 Piece Puzzle
InIran-born,Chicagobased,artistOrkideh Torabi’sHookahHouseavibrantsceneunfolds acrossmanyrooms,scenesofmendrinking, smoking andgabbingawayintheirsafespace awayfromthewomenfolk Thenarrativehereis culledfromTorabi’smemoriesofgender segregatedspacesinIranandfeaturesherever growingcastofmalecharacters,menbothgood andnotsogood-somejustplainridiculousenjoyingtheirlittleman-madeworlds
Artwork by Rachel Hayden 500 Piece Puzzle 11 48/ 22 95
InIran-born,Chicagobased,artistOrkideh Torabi’sHookahHouseavibrantsceneunfolds acrossmanyrooms,scenesofmendrinking, smoking,andgabbingawayintheirsafespace awayfromthewomenfolk Thenarrativehereis culledfromTorabi’smemoriesofgender segregatedspacesinIranandfeaturesherever growingcastofmalecharacters,menbothgood andnotsogood-somejustplainridiculousenjoyingtheirlittleman-madeworlds
MONDEGREEN CODEX
Artwork by Benjamin Styer
1,000 Piece Puzzle
InBenjaminStyer'sMondegreenCodex(2021)a continuousnarrativeofflyingcreatures,lostsouls, andscatteredmusicalenergiesunfoldamid multicoloredcrystaltowersandrivers Overhead, shapesdartaroundadarkeningskypunctuated byblackportals Thepaintingis,inlargepart,an epicvisualmishearing,primarilyofHieronymus Bosch'sGardenofEarthlyDelightsbutalso maybeofCandyLandandSaturdaymorning cartoons Itmaywellbethemostpuzzleyou've everputtogether
TEMPÉRANCE
Artwork by Devan Shimoyama 500 Piece Puzzle
InTempérance(2022)devanShimoyamaportrays himselfasatranslucentandBejeweledblueangel pouringliquidfromonecontainertoanother echoingtheTempérancetarotcardthatdepicts waterdilutingwineasasymbolicactofrestraint Ironicperhapsinthathisuseofcolorand materialsare,moreoftenthannot,gloriously unrestrained aboundinginfur,feathers,glitter, rhinestones,andsequins,Shimoyamaengages withmythology,spiritualtraditions,andclassical compositiontodepicttheBlack queer malebody
DROWNED BODIES NEVER DIE
Artwork by Thania Petersen 1500 Piece Puzzle
SouthAfricanartistThaniaPetersencantraceher lineagebacktoTuanGuru,anIndonesianprince broughttoSouthAfricabytheDutchinthe18th century Fittingly,herworkinterrogatescolonial historiesandexploreshybrididentities Her dazzlingembroideries,likethismiddlepanelfrom herrecentDrownedBodiesNeverDietryptic,fuse stylesderivedfromhistorypaintingandtextiles andprovidebothvisualdelightandsubversive contentthroughtheirrichsymbolism
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BUTTERFLY EGG
Artwork by Lauren Dela Roche
1,000 Piece Puzzle
LaurenDelaRocheisaself-taughtartistlivingin StLouis,Missouriwhosevisualinfluencescome fromclassicalgreekmythology,handmade embroideries,weavings,domesticinteriors,music, andherownvividdreamworld Herdrawingsand paintingsexaminebalanceanduneaseatonce: femalenudesengageinritualisticacts,catsand dogsliveharmoniously,andwildanimalsappear tameandindoors
AND THIS FEELING
Artwork by Sarah Cain 1000 Piece Puzzle
SarahCainbringsroomstolifewithexperiments incolor,composition,andnon-conformity Cain modifiescanvasesbycutting,sewing,and attachingfoundobjects Shealsopaintsfloors, walls,andfurnitureon-site,groundingeachspace sheoccupiesinthepresenttense Herprocessof creationanddestructionissteepedinthehistory ofpaintingandfeministartpractices AndThis Feeling(2023),incorporatessandandprismsto addatouchoffound-objectenergytoplanesof purecolorandaretypicalofCain'sboundless approachtoart
Artwork by Ken Gun Min 1,000 Piece Puzzle
Engagingwiththebeautifulandthegrislyof canonicalWesternnarrativesinequalmeasure, KyleStaverfindsherinspirationinsources rangingfromtheBibletoancientGreek mythology InFortitude(2022),Staverreimagines oneofthefourcardinalvirtuesbydepictinga knightastrideahorsehavingjustslainadragon Buttheknightisawoman,medusaishershield, andsheisnotinanywayinneedofbeing rescued
PLATE CAKE, JELLY DONUT AND TIRAMISU
Artwork by Pedro Pedro
1,000 Piece Puzzle
LosAngeles-basedartistPedroPedrouses skewedperspectivesandflattenedsurfacesto makeeverydayobjectsfeellikethey’reaboutto tumbleoffthecanvas InworkslikePlatewith Cakes,JellyDonutandTiramisu,hecaptures indulgent,sugar-loadedsceneswithaplayful edge equalpartstemptinganduneasy
Thoughtruthbetold,someoftheunease comesfromnotbeingabletoeatcakesthatlook thisgood
NicoleAppel’s“PatchworkPortraits”represent peoplenon-traditionally,asacollectionofthe thingsthattheylikeorcareabout PakistaniTruck ArtwasdoneasagiftforJerrySaltz,thePulitzer Prizewinningartcriticwhohaslongchampioned herwork WithimagesofDante’sInferno, elaboratelydecoratedPakistanitrucks,andeven theDrive-ByTruckers,this“portrait”ofSaltz referenceshispurgatorialyearsasalonghaul truckdriverafterhehadabandonedhiscareeras anartist
Artwork by Marc Dennis 1,000 Piece Puzzle
MarcDennis’s2024paintingSuperstarisalush, hyperrealstilllifethatseducestheeyewithits opulentdetailandunexpectedtwists Knownfor hismeticuloustechniqueandplayful engagementwithOldMastertraditions,Dennis riffsonthegrandeurofaDutchGoldenAge bouquet addingfloatingbubbles,acurious caterpillar,andacompositionthatfeelsboth lavishandslightlyoff-kilter It’sapaintingthat invitesyouinwithbeauty,thenkeepsyouthere withawink
KenGunMin’spaintingsexploreintimacy, masculinity,andrepresentationacrosscultures, whileemployingamixtureofwestern-styleoil paints,Koreanpigments,embroidery,and beadingonrawcanvas Oftenfeaturingnudeand queer-codedmen,hisportraitsandlush landscapesconcoctfancifulidyllsfilledwith longing,melancholy,andeuphoria Strangerby theLake(2023)isMin’stributetoaonce-popular LAnudesunbathingandtrystingspotinAngeles NationalForestthatwasravagedbyfirein2009
WHENIWAS12ORSOIWENTTOTHERODEOTOMEET ABOYITHOUGHTIWOULDKISSBUTWHENHENEVER ARRIVEDIWENTTOTHENORTHEASTCORNEROFTHE FAIRGROUNDS SATONAFENCE ANDCRIEDFROM SUNDOWNTOSUNUPWHILEWATCHINGTHE COWBOYSANDHORSESANDCALVESRUNAND SWEATINTHEBROWNMONTANADIRT
ARTWORK BY ANDREA JOYCE HEIMER 1000PiecePuzzle
AndreaJoyceHeimer’srichlydetailedpaintings(and titles!)areinfusedwiththedreamlikeimageryofa child’sescapeintofantasy,andrenderedinaflat, paper-doll-likestyle Theartist’snarrativesevokeboth asenseofplayfulnessandprofoundintrospection thatmakeherworkutterlyuniqueyetinstantly relatable Let’sfaceit we ’veallbeenstoodupata rodeoinMontanaatonepointoranotherinourlives Wejustdon’trememberitquitelikeHeimerdoes
Artist’s bios
Nicole Appel lives in Queens, NY and works at Brooklyn’s LAND Studio and Gallery. She exhibits regularly at the Outsider Art Fair in NYC, and her work was featured in the critically acclaimed show, “The Way I See It: Selections from the KAWS Collection,” at the Drawing Center, in NYC
Sarah Cain (b 1979, Albany, NY lives and works in Los Angeles, CA), has had solo exhibitions at The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; the Momentary, Bentonville, Arkansas; the Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Aspen Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; The National Gallery of Art; and the Pérez Art Museum in Miami
Lauren Dela Roche is a self-taught artist living in St Louis, Missouri whose work has recently been shown at Eric Firestone Gallery (NY), the Armory Show and Art Basel Miami with Eric Firestone Gallery (NY) as well as at NADA Miami with HAIR & NAILS Gallery (MN)
Marc Dennis is a New Jersey based artist known for his hyper-realistic paintings that celebrate the fluid nuances of pleasure, power, beauty and love His works have been included in many solo and group exhibitions, art fairs and museums including; Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL; The Armory Show, New York; Frieze London, England. He is represented by Harper Gallery in NY.
Alec Egan (b. 1984, Los Angeles, CA) completed his MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in 2013 and received a BFA in creative writing and poetry from Kenyon College. Recent solo exhibitions include Drawing Room at Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT; Blue Setting, Charles Moffett, New York, NY; Look Out, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; and Miro’s Corner, MAKI Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. His work was acquired by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
Rachel Hayden was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland Hayden’s work has been exhibited at 5-50 Gallery in Queens, NY (2023), Headstone Gallery in Kingston, NY (2023) and Hashimoto Contemporary (2022) Hayden lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Andrea Joyce Heimer (b 1981, Great Falls, MT, US; lives and works in Ferndale, WA, US) received her MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire Her work has been exhibited at Gaa Gallery, New York; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York; Colombo Gallery, Milan; Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York and Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York
Simone Johnson was born in 1971 in Manhattan and currently lives in Staten Island Her whimsical and imaginative art depicts brightly colored scenes of animals, particularly cats She has participated in a number of Outsider Art exhibitions in New York and abroad and her work is included in numerous private collections Simone creates her work at Pure Vision Arts (PVA) studio Based in NYC, Pure Vision Arts provides people with autism and developmental disabilities opportunities for artistic expression and builds public awareness of their important creative contributions.
Rusudan Khizanishvili has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions including Museum of Modern Art Tbilisi, Museum of Literature of Georgia, Tbilisi State Silk Museum, Mark Rothko Foundation at Daugavapils. Her major solo exhibitions are Velvet Armor (SEOJUNG ART, Seoul, Korea, 2023) and Beauty and the Beast (Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany, 2022). In 2015 Khizanishvili represented Georgia among five other artists at The 56th Venice Art Biennale.
Ken Gun Min studied western painting and art history and theory at Hongik University in Seoul, Korea and received his MFA from the Academy of Art, University of San Francisco. He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and has had solo exhibitions at SCAD Museum of Art, MCA Denver, and Nazarian/Curcio Gallery in LA.
Pedro Pedro has exhibited widely, including a recent solo show, 'Picnic' at Fundacion la Nave Salinas in ibiza His work has also been featured in solo shows at the Hole in Los Angeles and in group exhibitions with Anat Ebgi and Nicodim galleries He is based in Los Angeles
Thania Petersen (b 1980, Cape Town) is a South African multidisciplinary artist who uses photography, performance, and installation to address the intricacies and complexities of identity in contemporary South Africa She is represented by Nicodim Gallery in NYC and her work is collected by the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC; Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town; IZIKO South African Museum, Cape Town; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; and many others
Kour Pour was born in Exeter, England and attended Otis College of Art and Design (BFA, 2010) A solo exhibition of Pour’s work is forthcoming at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran Other recent major exhibitions include A Boundless Drop to a Boundless Ocean, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, USA; Kour Pour: Familiar Spirits, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL, USA; Returnee, The Club, Tokyo, Japan; Manzareh/Keshiki/Landscape, Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA, USA; Polypainting, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, and GNYP Gallery, Berlin.
Umar Rashid lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BA in cinema and photography from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. His work was featured at The Huntington and the Hammer Museum as part of the biennial Made in LA 2020: a version. Recent institutional solo exhibitions include Ancien Regime Change 4, 5, and 6, MoMA PS1, Queens, NY (2022) and What is the color when black is burned? (The Gold War Part 1), University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (2018) Rashid’s work is represented in the public collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; Jorge Pérez Collection, Miami, FL; Mount Holyoke Art Museum, South Hadley, MA
Devan Shimoyama lives in Pittsburgh, PA and is represented by Kavi Gupta Gallery in Chicago Recent exhibitions include All the Rage, at Kunstpalais, Germany; A Counterfeit Gift Wrapped in Fire, Kavi Gupta; The Barbershop Project, CulturalDC, and Tell Me at CAC Málaga
Kyle Staver (b. Virginia, MN, lives and works in New York) earned her BFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and her MFA from Yale University. She has had solo exhibitions at Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles; Half Gallery, New York; and Nino Mier Gallery, Brussels among many others.
Benjamin Styer was born in Framingham, Massachusetts and received his BFA in art from the University of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts He is represented by Moskowitz Bayse gallery in Los Angeles and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Orkideh Torabi was born in Tehran, Iran She earned her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016 and she received her MA and BFA from The University of Art in Tehran Torabi’s solo shows include Richard Heller, Los Angeles, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, Horton Gallery, New York She’s participated in museum shows and group shows such as the Atrium Project at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, Fredericks & Freiser, New York, and Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago among others