New Orleans own Stephen Rhodes recently wrapped up an exhibition at Misako-Rosen Gallery in Tokyo, entitled 7 Bankers and A couple of Brokers unpack a library.

The show is a selection of new paintings from Rhodes’s ongoing Vacant Portraits series. The spectral presence of depressed art historian Aby Warburg as well as that of his banking family occupies the gallery space – transformed into a makeshift room evoking both a haunted bank corridor and an abandoned library.

above: Installation from 7 Bankers and A couple of Brokers unpack a library, 

New Orleans based artist Jessica Bizer’s solo show entitled Always Forever opens on Saturday, April 14, 6-10pm at Good Children Gallery. Bizer is also presenting Ode Oh Owe by artists Amy Feldman and Isle Murdock in the back gallery. DJ Eyeball and DJ Little Baby Witch Fingers will be in the building for the opening reception. 

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London-based, Tel Aviv’s Ori Gersht creates large-scale photographs in the series Blow Up. It depicts elaborate floral arrangements, based upon a 19th Century still-life captured in the moment of exploding. Flowers, which often symbolise peace, become victims of brutal terror, revealing an uneasy beauty in destruction.

above: Time After Time: Blow Up No. 5, 2007. Light Jet Print mounted on aluminium, 250 x 183 cm.

Lu Cong was born in Shanghai and immigrated to the United States in 1989 at the age of 11. After graduating with degrees in Biology and Art, Lu chose to pursue portrait art over medicine. His work establishes an authentic engagement—interaction that ensues when one comes face to face with the sensual, the inexplicable, and the unsettling.