Jeff Sonhouse: Pawnography

Jeff Sonhouse's latest exhibition, "Pawnography," at the Tilton Gallery in New York explores the role of the black male in today's shifting socio-political climate. His vivid portraits, rendered as mixed media paintings or drawings, depict a variety of political and anonymous figures, their faces sometimes masked or completely obscured. In the case of the latter (examples below), the effect is reminiscent of Francis Bacon's harrowing …

Terence Koh: Flowers for Baudelaire

by Ariston Anderson Last night France's first brother Olivier Sarkozy hosted an unusual opening in his swank Upper East Side abode, which also happens to be Richard Avedon's former studio. Budding art dealer Vito Schnabel (son of painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel) curated the show featuring Terence Koh, who formerly worked under the alias In keeping with a common Koh all-white trope, the studio has …

Kehinde Wiley: Down

by Ariston Anderson Those lucky enough to catch Brooklyn-based painter Wiley has gained fame for depicting contemporary subjects—he scouts for models in the streets—mashed with French Rococo style and mythological stories, all to challenge stereotypes of African American males. His new body of work, "Down," is comprised of seven large scaled paintings that draw on German Renaissance artist Down Through December 20, 2008Deitch Projects 18 …