Max Hooper Schneider
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This captivating image depicts a cluster of intriguing, metallic-hued fungi. The predominant colors are various shades of bronze and copper, creating a striking, almost otherworldly visual effect. The shapes of the fungi are intricate and organic, with delicate, branching structures that seem to reach out towards the viewer. The overall composition is visually engaging, with the fungi nestled amidst a lush, natural setting of green foliage. This peculiar, natural artwork appears to be the result of a unique, transformative process, likely reflecting the artist's intention to explore the boundaries between the natural and the manufactured. ...
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Max Hooper Schneider
B.1982, AmericanMax Hooper Schneider's installations and assemblages focus on themes of death, destruction, and mutation. They are a series of fragmented dreamscapes made of chains, fluorescent tubes, monstrous fingers, and other suggested morphologies whose times and places intertwine, hovering in a transitory perimortal state that evokes both loss and resurrection. According to Schneider and his work, each body exists only through its interactions, communications, and exchanges of matter, energy, and information with other bodies. A 'trans-habitat' is created in which a tension exists between the traumatic and the marvelous. ...
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François Ghebaly
Los Angeles, New York CitySince 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...