Rebecca Camacho Presents has, most refreshingly, used the summer season to stage two thematically curated shows, both of which have commendably showcased artists beyond the gallery's normal roster. For the second show, Beasties (July 20-August 24), Nick Makanna has curated a selection of paintings, sculptures, and ceramics by artists who depict imaginatively weird, wicked, and affable creatures. Among the many engaging works, Nickola Pottinger, Maija Peeples-Bright, and John de Fazio present sculptures and ceramics that explore interspecies hybridity or cloning. With a striking range of aesthetic approaches, from roughly rendered and ominous to meticulous crafted and kitschy, animals in these works operate as proxies to speak about the mystical, the carnivalesque, and innuendo.
August 6, 2024
