Collaged works by Jeffrey Sincich repurpose the graphics and textures of urban spaces - signage, window bars - as a way of revealing how facades communicate to the passerby. Other, more abstracted connotations of face also materialize - particularly within an architectural and urban context. Organized by Ever Velasquez, the show brings together an ambitious 40 artists from the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico who are exploring the myriad meanings of the concept in their work: literal faces, but also facades, and the figurative masks that we don in public that have nothing to do with COVID-19. The concept of face is at the heart of a captivating group show at Charlie James Gallery titled “Rostro” - the Spanish version of the word. We face facts, we lose face, we put a good face on a crummy situation. It’s also a verb, referring to outward appearances one puts on to confront the world. It’s a noun: the front part of the head and its expressions, as well as a facade - such as the “face” of a building. What’s in a face? I’m talking about the word, which has many meanings that can be deployed in as many ways. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, and I’m always here for cylindrical foodstuffs - churros! taquitos! burritos! - as well as all the essential arts news: Face it
I’m thinking about eating a hot dog from a hot dog because I’m into programmatic architecture and Tail o’ the Pup has made a comeback in WeHo (complete with a new menu that includes vegan dogs).
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