Cathy's Art Diary

Strange exhibition at Almine Rech of works in a narrative sequence by Haley Josephs. The narrative seemed to be about a dream and someone coming out of that dream into a landscape, I think. They were in strange, neon colours and I’m not sure I understood the story. However I was just out of and an excellent Freud show after which anything would have looked a bit odd. Closed 22 December 2022

Strange, colourful exhibition at Almine Rech of work by Sam McKinniss. Best known for painting celebrity subjects, McKinniss has turned his eye to the stars and landscape of country music. They are very colourful and painterly with shapes in the composition partly created by and mirrored with the brushstrokes. I loved the bold, hyperreal landscapes and a tiny cityscape but wasn’t so sure about the portraits which had shades of Jeff Koons or Vladimir Tretchikoff’s “Blue Lady”. Are they naff or clever, I’m still thinking about it! I did like a wonderful, big pink cowboy though! Closes 22 May 2021