Allouche Gallery, Los Angeles presents “New Perspectives: A Group Showing of African Portraiture,” a group exhibition featuring the works of five contemporary African painters. “New Perspectives” shines a light on depictions of identity through portraiture in the works of notable Nigerian and Ghanaian contemporary artists Israel Agboola, Frank Coffie, Mamus Esiebo, Kelani Fatai and Foster Sakyiamah. Distinct voices and thematic approaches of each artist create a dynamic and multi-layered exhibition. Kelani Fatai empowers the African image in his works through its association with regality. Ornate decorative patterns merge modern African subjects with the language of Old Masters. Politics of race

From the gallery: Allouche Gallery is proud to present its first solo show in the Meatpacking District, Ron English / Guernica, featuring the debut of eighteen new paintings by the prolific contemporary Pop and street artist, Ron English. The artist has been working on the Ron English / Guernica show for over two years. He has examined the templates obsessively to imagine the truth in experience from every angle. Each piece from this body of work forces the viewer to face cultural biases that are embedded in our consciousness. Read the full article at https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/ron-english-guernica-allouche-gallery-nyc/

The work in “A Mechanical Resolution” is a meditation on the process of creating art in a technically advanced society. The subjects Cid depicts are abstract cyborgian figures with complex textures and explosions of color surrounded by scribbles of text, impasto polka dots, limbs, and weapons made from silicone, graphite, spray paint, and more. For Cid, however, the focus of his work lies not particularly in the content he depicts but in the transformative process of painting itself. Felix grew up in Madrid and studied art and photography at a young age. He graduated from Yale’s MFA program where he