Art News

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Doyle Hostetler, Criss Cross, oil on canvas panel, 48 x 36”Power and Beauty
Sorrel Sky Gallery hosts a one-man show featuring the soft, monochromatic paintings of Doyle Hostetler in Power and Beauty. The show is made up of around 15 new works by the talented wildlife artist, including several large-scale paintings of bison, bighorn sheep, owls, wolves, bobcats and more. An artist reception will be held on September 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery’s Durango, Colorado, location and continues through September 30.

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Julian Rogers, Monster Animal, oil on canvasWave Upon Wave
New works by Julian Rogers are showcased in an exhibition at Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee. Wave Upon Wave captures Rogers’ vivid, abstract oils of vaporous clouds reminiscent of “fantastical otherly-worlds” that “both soothe and captivate,” according to the gallery. A Nashville native, Rogers created this new group of works following a break from painting while living in Thailand, China and Mexico. The exhibition is on view through August 13.

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Hernan Murno, Fertile Lands, Humid Pampa, (diptych), mixed media, 24 x 36” (total)Worlds Apart
A summer group show featuring the varied artworks of Hernan Murno, Amy Sabrin, Michelle Simoneau and Rosa Vera takes place at Richmond, Virginia-based nonprofit Artspace Gallery. These four artists create diverse abstract and semi-representational work springing from the same impulse: the landscape, whether the natural or built environment. Each takes a dramatically different approach to extracting and abstracting the essence of a landscape, but all hope to provoke an emotional response in the viewer. Worlds Apart opens with a reception on July 22, from 6 to 9 p.m., with a series of artist talks the following day starting at 2 p.m. The exhibition runs through August 20.

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Matthew Wong (1984-2019), See You On the Other Side, 2019, oil on canvas. Matthew Wong Foundation, © 2022 Matthew Wong Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances
Matthew Wong achieved resounding critical acclaim during his short six-year career, when he began painting and drawing in 2013, up until his death in 2019. The artist was known for his vibrant landscape paintings, often in abstracted styles, in a variety of mediums like oil, ink, watercolor and gouache. The Dallas Museum of Art is currently holding the first museum retrospective for the artist, featuring nearly 60 of Wong’s paintings, on view through February 5, 2023. —