February 6, 2010
Gagosian Beverly Hills has a group show on view, "Meet Me Inside," which includes The Blaster... by Taryn Simon, whose interview by Geoffrey Batchen ran in Volume 8. The photograph depicts a fire-blasting security system developed to prevent carjacking in South Africa; it fits squarely into an oeuvre largely given over to imaging the unbelievable but real.  The Carvaggesque tenebrism of the piece is common to much of the gallery's current program, informing both shows at the Madison Ave. space as well, Damien Hirst's gem paintings and Elisa Sighicelli's Kindle-matte subtly backlit urban nightscapes like Untitled (Prop) below.
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