The Greatest Generation, Must See Art

Gallery News October 4, 2008 HUBBY's CoTour October 2, 2008 Bankhead in Otis 90th aniversery show. September 24, 2008 Mirror Mirror, Circus Gallery Project space September 23, 2008 Jame Krone, Reviewed in Art US September 19, 2008 Rachel Mason's "Kissing President Bush" on display at the Park September 11, 2008 Sarah Cromarty reviewed in LA Weekly September 11, 2008 Dawn Kasper @ Co-Lab, Copenhagen September 10, 2008 Artillery Joins Circus for Art Debate Series September 10, 2008 Art Walk To Include Circus Gallery August 22, 2008 It's a Celebration %?(#&$! at Burning Man and Circus Gallery

June 19, 2007 "The Greatest Generation” at Circus Gallery This summer show, with more than 30 paintings, focuses on the work of James Krone, Katie Herzog, Justin Hansch and Jason Starr. These four young L.A. painters all have lived at some point in time at Hansch’s home in Silver Lake, which is also known as JMOCA and doubles as an exhibition space for small shows. Hansch shows a group of works from his “Sunday” painting series, in which he created a painting every week based on current news events and crudely adopted the style of a master painter in each one. Herzog, a former student of library studies, uses the library as the setting for everything from a wedding to kids playing war in Today the Library Got Ripped a New Asshole. Krone’s paintings of bones, bats and a spider crawling out of a used and discarded condom are actually sweetly dark, if you can imagine. Starr’s hilarious self-portrait as a baby looks like a bearded Claymation infant, a literal baby man wearing a diaper. It’s nice to get the sense of camaraderie from this group, as well as some humor that is ironic, but not so jaded that it’s off-putting. Amra Brooks http://www.laweekly.com/index.php?option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=16639&Itemid=47