Seth Goodman POP UP Mary Heilmann at HAUSER & WIRTH Ryusuke Sano at LONG STORY SHORT

James Kalm is out on a July weekend, scooting around the Lower East Side, with an intervening jaunt to Washington Square Park, and Chelsea. Viewers are invited to accompany this reporter as he visits “The Language of the End” a politically inspired exhibition of shaped panels. Seth Goodman portrays celebrity right wing extremists, cast in his fantasy landscapes, provoking a response of feigned outrage, or comic incredulity. A quick trip through the West Village brings us past a pro-Palestinian protest, staged in Washington Square, and then a stroll through of Mary Heilmann’s “Daydream Nation” curated by Gary Simmons at Hauser & Wirth. Finally, we make a closing time visit to “ZOOOOOOOOOOOM/Mind” at Long Story Short. This array of mid-sized works presents expressionistic “chunky” heads and crowds by Ryusuke Sano. These works seem to capture a current trend which pairs the urgent paint handling of Abstract-Expressionism, with goofy cartoonish figuration. A musical introduction is presented by the Reflections. This program was recorded July 20 and 21, 2024. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk