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LA based artist Kent O\u2019Connor\u2019s paintings of carefully arranged objects are less still lives than just \u2018objects on a table,\u2019 explains Mendes Wood DM Gallery<\/a>, where the artist is also showing portraits, landscapes from a residency in Alberta.\u00a0 The fruit, animal head and bottle in \u2018Zebra Between Two Objects\u2019 are carefully chosen and arranged but difficult to connect or interpret; the painting is nevertheless eye-catching for its dramatic lighting and the sense that the zebra is in motion, rearing upward, despite being immobile. The head\u2019s precarious balance\u2013 which we\u2019d more likely encounter oriented vertically on a wall, not horizontally as here – along with a placid, almost peaceful expression and the bubblegum pink table frame are unexpected elements that keep the eye moving around this unusual and arresting interior scene.\u00a0 (On view through Aug 5th<\/sup> in Tribeca).<\/p>\n

Kent O\u2019Connor, Zebra Between Two Objects, oil on linen, 2022-23.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LA based artist Kent O\u2019Connor\u2019s paintings of carefully arranged objects are less still lives than just \u2018objects on a table,\u2019 explains Mendes Wood DM Gallery, where the artist is also showing portraits, landscapes from a residency in Alberta.\u00a0 The fruit, animal head and bottle in \u2018Zebra Between Two Objects\u2019 are carefully chosen and arranged but … <\/p>\n

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