Author: Danielle Vogel

Exploring a delicate ecological poetics, Crystal Morey’s sculptures radiate the synergy between the earth and its human-animals. Morey’s women evoke a quiet activism; they are stoic, contemplative, and their eyes and posture harbor a physiological gaze that roots them, inextricably, to the earth they are a part of. Some are shingled in evergreens; others’ hips are belted in a halo of loam and the trembling shoots of grasses. Morey’s newest collection, March into the Sea, explores a kind of apocalyptic healing. Her sculptures ask us to consider reciprocity and reparation — How do we commune with the earth? How does the earth commune with us? and How can we contribute to a healthier equilibrium? - Danielle Vogel

Sandi Calistro is a painter, custom tattooist, and a curator at Kaze Gallery. She has made her home in Denver, Colorado where her latest exhibition of drawings opens March 1st at City, O’ City. Like her previous shows, this one features a cast of confident, chimeric, pin-up-esque beauties. Calistro’s women reside in a mysterious, solitary romance — at once seductively alluring and sensuously detached, the viewer knows that they are nothing more than a voyeur.

Through the contortion of the female form, Calistro explores themes of rootedness and unexpected fertilities. Many of her characters are delicately mutilated — their wounds unfurl small floral eruptions and seem to be culled by the ghosts of convulsive desire. - Danielle Vogel