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Daciano da Costa | Modern Portuguese Design

Among the most influential figures in 20th-century Portuguese design, Daciano da Costa (1930–2005) stands out for his ability to combine aesthetics, functionality, and cultural identity. An architect, industrial designer, and educator, he helped shape the modern visual language of Portugal’s public and cultural institutions. A Coherent Aesthetic Between Architecture and Design Daciano da Costa worked…

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Andrew Salgado’s “Self-Portrait As A Stack of Books”

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There’s something about a book you find by accident, a book no one else seems to have heard of, a book that thrills and then becomes a part of you, when it’s one you so easily might never have read at all – it seems like it found you. – Lisa Tuttle: My Death  
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Nathaniel Oliver: A Tension Worth Keeping Because the Drift is Always There

Nathaniel Oliver: A Tension Worth Keeping Because the Drift is Always There
A Tension Worth Keeping Because the Drift is Always There presents a group of new paintings by Nathaniel Oliver that follows a cast of characters over the course of a day as they navigate a single landscape. Combining imagery from his travels; figures based on friends, loved ones, and, in this exhibition, his own likeness; objects from his research into the material culture of West Africa; and elements of fantasy, Oliver layers references from our world into paintings that work like speculative fictions. This mosaic of interrelated vignettes offers only glimpses into his characters’ narratives. By allowing us to imagine what happens in the space and time between the panels, the artist invites the viewer into his story of a community fighting…
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Josh Sperling Sees the “Big Picture”

Josh Sperling Sees the
Perrotin Los Angeles is pleased to present Josh Sperling’s first solo exhibition on the West Coast. In Big Picture, the devil is in the details. The first solo exhibition of the Ithaca-based artist in Perrotin’s Los Angeles space combines Sperling’s quintessential sculptural paintings, demonstrating a decade-long commitment to the mastery of form and color, and his recent exciting venture into design, as function wiggles its way into the artist’s core concerns. Sperling’s whimsical lexicon of technicolor undulating shapes comes alive with fresh energy through an immersive environment where art, design, and craft overlap. The exhibition’s cheeky title references LA’s renown as the hub of the film industry and the gallery’s transformation of the former Del Mar Theater into an exhibition space…
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Samantha Rosenwald is Inviting Us to “Sam’s”

Samantha Rosenwald is Inviting Us to
The Hole is pleased to present Sam’s, a solo exhibition by a Juxtapoz-favorite, Samantha Rosenwald. For this special thematic exhibition, Rosenwald transforms the humble pinball dive bar into a colored-pencil-on-canvas fantasia—an adult playground of noise, indulgence, and, most crucially, loneliness.