The vibrant work of Erik Jones takes an intimate step in a new series of images under the title “Armor” at Jonathan Levine Projects next month. The works mix acrylics, watercolor, pencil, water-soluble wax pastel, and other materials. Jones last appeared on the HiFructose.com here, and he crafted the cover for and appeared in Hi-Fructose Vol. 27 (see below).
“(His) work is vibrant and colorful, expressing a heightened sense of realism captured in his female subjects, juxtaposed with sporadic mark making and non-representational forms that could be said to mimic geometric high-end fashion,” a past statement said. “This effect is achieved by using multiple mediums (…) ”
“Armor” which kicks off Jan. 6 and runs through Feb. 3. See more work from his new show below.
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Jolene Lai returns to Thinkspace Projects with a new collection of eerie paintings. The aptly named "The Beautiful Haunting," starting on Sept. 14, brings her sensibility, seemingly informed by pop mediums and children’s stories to the gallery walls. The painter has a rare ability to evoke the same sense of mystery and danger in settings absent of human occupants. Lai was last featured on our website 