Los Angeles Art Week continues with an array of fibers, sculptures, and stunning paintings by leading artists. Whitewall explores the harmony of creatives after a time of devastating destruction in Los Angeles by celebrating ten years of Rele Gallery, showcasing thrilling group exhibitions at Albertz Benda, and debuting new works by iconic artist by Lisa Yuskavage.
Motion and movement take form in stunning steel sculptures and woven canvas paintings in The Arc Between Two Deaths by Ethan Cook. Curated by Megan Mulrooney, the exhibition draws inspiration from Doris Humphrey’s 1920s dance principle, which explores the rhythm between standing and falling. Cook’s Primary Accumulation I & II paintings, referencing Trisha Brown’s choreography, feature forms that repeat and evolve, with curved rectangular compositions evoking the fluidity of bodies caught between structure and collapse. The brightly woven canvases seem to dance out of their frames, their soft, brushed-out fabrics inviting the viewer into a world of tension and transformation. Throughout the show, Cook encourages us to engage with the ever shifting nature of form, where stability is constantly in motion, breaking, and reforming.
What we love: The unique interpretation of movement in static art on canvas and in sculpture.
Ethan Cook at Megan Mulrooney
February 19 – March 29, 2025
