Installation by Lani Trock
Artwork that is focused specifically on the body or on new environments is often times more beautiful and aesthetically compelling than its evil twin – the conceptual, heady, theory-driven art that feigns deepness just because it creates a sense of unease within the viewer. Why should these two aesthetics be mutually exclusive, however? I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a sucker for frothy emotional appeal, as evidenced by an ongoing love for the Rococo period, which is full of lust, flirting, sexual innuendos, sweet kisses, the lingering scent of love, the soft and sensual. This same sensibility enters the group exhibition Spacially Speaking at Platform in Culver City.
Here, watercolors drape themselves across paper. Plants emerge from pots unearthed, made from the earth, but without that earthy “edge” associated with the “raw.” Paint is lathered across canvases in ways both controlled and unwieldly. A sheet of gold dangles from a wall. In this sensual group show by Tappan Collective members Heather Day, Cheryl Humphries, Satsuki Shibuya, Lola Rose Thompson and Lani Trock, viewers experience a pleasurable, sensual environment where they can just relax and soak up the experience.
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