Wallpaper* | Los Angeles Art Exhibitions: The Best Shows to See in September

September 13, 2024

Carole Dixon

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Garber-Maikovska's most recent temporal, movement-based works are documented and conveyed through the paintings that he presents here. This exhibition, his third solo at the gallery, coincides with the release of the artist's first comprehensive monograph Cushion of Air. The book will feature new essays on his abstract painting practice as well as his somatic performances within the Southern Californian consumerist suburban landscape.

Paintings on cardboard in a compact and intimate scale, comprise Martinez’ visual journal entries from recent years. Beginning to work in this fashion in 2017, the artist started creating these diaristic vignettes as an alternative to his renowned large-scale canvases. As this portable fusion of drawing and painting grew into a regular practice, Martinez found that the format was one he could turn to in moments of transition—whether at home with his family (and an abundance of shipping boxes during the pandemic in 2020) or, more recently, amid work-related travel.

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