Articles of ‘Luis Gispert’

Rhona Hoffman Gallery - Chicago
By Jeriah Hildwine

“Pin Pan Pun” is Brooklyn-based artist Luis Gispert’s second solo exhibition at Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago. The title is a Cuban slang expression for a foldaway bed, carrying with it connotations of unexpected visits and familial connections. This theme of everyday physical objects with strong [...]

“The world thereby momentarily loses its depth
and threatens to become a glossy skin,
a stereoscopic illusion,
a rush of filmic images without density.
But is this now a terrifying or
an exhilarating experience?”

Fredric  Jameson [1]
 
By Janet Batet
To hell with the sublime? That’s not acceptable. It’s just that desire pushes us towards rudeness. Why the compulsive need to swear? Why [...]