The trick of Owens’ painting is that the newspaper stories seduce a viewer into trying to decode their meanings and connections. The work pulls you in and holds your attention. In an untitled and very ...

Owens does everything wrong, which makes her art so totally right. Cat doodles, children’s book illustrations, needlework, handicrafts—categories that are anathema to the conventions of professional, ...

Reception Thursday, April 28, 6:30-8:30pm, on view April 28 through July 23, 2016 When it comes to painting, there are many battles to choose from: flatness versus depth, materiality versus illusion, ...

Foreword / Adam D. Weinberg -- Introduction / Scott Rothkopf -- Oral histories. Childhood / Carol Hendrickson -- RISD / Deborah Kass -- CalArts / Alex Slade -- Rosamund Felsen exhibition / Laura Owens ...

A Memoir / Wendy Yao -- The Painting That Ate Its Own Tail / Suzanne Hudson -- Aspiring to Love Problems: Usages of Paradox in Laura Owens's Paintings and Artist's Books / Trinie Dalton -- Laura Owens ...

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