Bluebeard and Other Poolings in Hyperallergic
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for June 2022 by Caroline Ellen Liou, May 31, 2022
Kathleen Henderson: Bluebeard and Other Poolings
Kathleen Henderson, “Pinkie” (2021), oil stick and oil on paper, 18 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches framed (image courtesy the artist and Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles)
When: through July 2
Where: Track 16 Gallery (Bendix Building, 1206 Maple Avenue, Suite 1005, Downtown, Los Angeles)
Speaking of Guston, the works in Kathleen Henderson: Bluebeard and Other Poolings are somewhat reminiscent of Guston’s cartoons — sad and weird and scribbly and poignant, with the kind of raw immediacy that only drawing can convey. The show tackles US political issues of recent years head-on, Henderson’s innocuous blob faces somehow deeply revealing of the interiority of America.