Archives for December 2013

Here are some of Squarecylinder’s favorite shows from the past year, ordered without regard to rank or relative value, just overall goodness worth a backward glance.

Perception — and the quest to expand it — are the focus of “A Bigger Exhibition,” the largest show devoted to a single artist in the museum’s history.

Mixing geometric abstraction with the mannerisms of SoCal car culture, Couwenberg pushes a retro look into the digital future.

The artist/activist has always embraced poetic possibilities. With “Water” he’s pushed abstraction further toward the fore.

Few things ignite a firestorm quicker than discussions of race, and in that realm Kara Walker is one of the art world’s most provocative figures.