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'Interiority' by Brian Cooper
Simultaneously, Emma Gray's L.A. CONFIDENTIAL column for Artnet's online magazine provided an ethusiastic overview of the show and opening.
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'Smear Campaign' by Victoria Reynolds
Earlier in the month, Emma also named the 'SP' the #1 show in LA in her column on the Saatchi website
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'Wellness' by Brad Spence
I was surprised and impressed at the unconventional choice of pieces singled out by Chris and Emma. For example, they both gave props to Esther Pearl Watson's faux-outsider UFO-scape.
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Another early entry came from artblogging LA/sixspace multitasker Caryn Coleman in her debut online column for ArtReview's new online edition.
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'Tekel Upharsin (He weighed, now they divide)' by Gustavo Herrera