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I was in between meetings yesterday, downtown, and managed to sneak into Sam Lee Gallery to check out the Macha Suzuki show. Also in the back, I got a peek at Christine Nguyen’s work in the project space. There are more photos on the gallery’s site, too. It’s a beautiful body of work, go see it before it closes on May 10. Here are the pics.

Above - Walk, the titular piece.

Above - Minor Threat. This piece functions to me, as a pun on Cai Guo-Qiang’s work. It’s hard for me to see it any other way. It’s much larger than I expected in person, too.

Above - untitled.

Above - If It Even Matters - Lure me in with my dual fetishes for string and antlers, Macha…

And in the project space…

Above - One of the four squirrel drawings by Macha on display. at only $500, they’re a steal for those of us without the dough or the space to buy one of Macha’s larger works.

Above - Christine Nguyen, A Birdhouse That Dreams of Being a Tree, 2005. When Christine started making the transition to doing more drawings back in graduate school, I was worried that her magic wouldn’t translate, and then her drawings on layered mylar made me love her work even more.

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