The same short walk as Second Look, different rooms. Jordan Belson's cosmic abstractions at Matthew Marks anchor it, with Karma and Megan Mulrooney's other current shows either side.
Matthew Marks Gallery
Jordan Belson: The Cosmic View reunites rarely seen paintings and works on paper created between 1950 and 1970 by the pioneering experimental filmmaker. Long overshadowed by his influential films, these luminous compositions reveal Belson’s lifelong exploration of color, light, consciousness, and the cosmos. Drawing on mysticism, sacred imagery, and altered states of perception, the exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the visual foundations of one of the twentieth century’s most visionary artists.
Jun 27 - Aug 15
Megan Mulrooney
Sunken Bust Shimmering Stone is Josh Cloud's first solo exhibition with Megan Mulrooney, featuring heavily adorned figurative busts and totemic abstract works built from clay, fiber, and found wood. The exhibition continues Cloud's investigation into the abstracted figure, where identity is conveyed through adornment, material illusion, and fragments of faces. Works from the 'sunken bust' series trace a gradual dissolution of the figure into abstraction, drawing on Yoruba sculptural traditions and the concept of the ori, folded into a queer autobiographical register. The show also includes purely abstract works, such as the monumental Totem, exploring natural cycles and the weight of life through ceramic and wood form.
Carpenters Workshop Gallery
Roger Herman has lived in Los Angeles since 1977, and the California landscape—its poppies, its mountains—runs through everything he makes. California Poppies at Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents large-scale canvases alongside ceramic vessels and tables, all defined by the same gestural, unpredictable expressiveness. Herman treats clay as he treats canvas: with spontaneity, vivid color, and a celebration of imperfection that has made him a defining figure in California art.
Jun 11 - Sep 24
