The spring art fairs offer a whirlwind chance to take in works in every style and medium—from rococo- and Renaissance-inspired paintings to digital sculptures that destroy themselves.
... Also looking to art history is Colette LaVette, whose canvases at Gillian Jason ape rococo stylings in swirls of impressionistic paint. Cherubs, animals and fleshy nudes are captured—mid-rapture—as they’re whipped about in topsy-turvy images where it’s impossible to tell up from down. Despite the chaos and movement, the naturally pigmented palette provides a soothing calm, and we’re happy to be swept away.
