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LA DUST presents new paintings on metal panels, some incorporating scans of dust collected from the artist’s Los Angeles studio floor, as well as a bookstore takeover featuring lamps, books, and clothing produced in Fischer’s studio.

Jun 19 - Aug 8

Nonaka Hill Los Angeles presents an exhibition of Kenzi Shiokava's small-scale sculptures, the second project since the gallery began working with the artist's estate. The exhibition focuses on Shiokava's "box works," fashioned from cast-off crates, file boxes, and drawers containing meticulously arranged rocks, shells, and toy figurines. Some works are organized in categorical style reminiscent of specimen boxes, while others function as playful theatrical dioramas. Each piece operates as a miniature world, theatrical tableau, and unsolvable Dada-ist puzzle. The exhibition coincides with a comprehensive career survey opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

Jun 20 - Aug 1

Alex Hubbard’s multidisciplinary practice explores the intersections of painting, sculpture, animation, and performance. Combining hand-made imagery, found materials, and custom-built projection surfaces, he creates works that blur the boundaries between static and moving images. Rejecting the polished aesthetics of AI-generated media, Hubbard embraces experimentation, chance, and material improvisation to investigate perception, abstraction, and the physical limits of artistic mediums.

Jul 11 - Aug 15

Spencer Finch presents works that translate observed moments of light and atmosphere into measured, perceptual studies. Drawing on watercolor, photography, video, glass, electronics, and large-scale light installations, Finch records specific conditions of luminosity and reconstructs them in spatial form. His practice centers on memory, perception, and the experience of seeing.

Jun 26 - Aug 22

Object Poetry presents sculptures by Ian Burns, Bruce Conner, Tony Oursler, Chiffon Thomas, and Cajsa von Zeipel that use sound, light, video, movement, and found objects to inhabit the space where language lapses. Spread across three participatory environments at Michael Kohn Gallery, the works invite viewers to engage physically and emotionally—less as observers than as participants. These forms are not surrogates for ideas. They are their terrestrial manifestations.

Jun 11 - Sep 12

From 1968 to 2002, Gerald Jackson lived and worked in an industrial loft on New York’s Bowery, a neighborhood that served as both home and creative incubator for generations of artists. After a brief stint in the U.S. Army, Jackson moved from his native Chicago to the Lower East Side, where he became part of a vibrant community of Black artists and musicians. While the Bowery’s role in New York’s cultural history has been extensively documented, much of Jackson’s three decades there remains overlooked. His years on the Bowery offer a rich, still-emerging story of artistic experimentation, community, and resilience at the heart of a rapidly changing city.

Jun 12 - Aug 15