After their amazing Adam Parker
Smith show, I wanted to give Storefront a pass for a while, but they did give a
photographer a solo show albeit in the Project Space, and that is such a rarity
in Brooklyn I felt compelled to write at least write a little something. Kari
Soinio is not bad, just odd. The photographs are out of focus urban landscapes
with nice light, presented as if they were hallway mirrors. I’d like to think
it was a reference to Snow White mythology, “Mirror, mirror on the wall who has
the fairest New York real-estate market of them all?” Not sure what to make of
the photographs, but the show was paired with Carrie Yamaoka’s shiny monochrome
paintings, just shiny surfaces from what I remember, better than the photographs,
but they fell flat for me, not much to latch onto beside of the shiny surface.
That being said, shiny paintings lacking a lot in the way of color, do make
sense with the colorful mirror photographs. I appreciate Storefront giving a
solo show to a photographer in Brooklyn, but it really would have been more
effective as a two person show with the paintings and photographs interspersed
and allowed to play off each other more.
Through Apr. 14th
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