RECOMMENDED The group exhibit centers on nine artists and their absurd perspective of humanity. “Mildred” Jeffrey Laneright uses neon pink and blue to shape wavy patterns and dabbles in spray paint can art. Jeremiah Ketner’s works contains acrylic on wood with doe-eyed pixie girls floating throughout the space meshing bright purples and shades of pink. Ryan Bubnis’ works are detailed with dots of color including both smiling and unhappy faces contradicting Ketner’s jovial images. Bubnis’ are darker and denser with titles like “The Pessimist.” Gabe Lanza’s wood in wood frames congeals pale green and browns trapping characters inside the frames. Sparse oak-etched trees and little devil people blowing smoke is what Parskid does. Rik Catlow’s grotesque faces cover the entire canvas with their blue and pink mugs. Nick Deakin integrates a creature spouting out “truth” and allows the colors to bleed over the frames. Colin Johnson’s and Jason Limón’s pieces are the most remarkable. Johnson designs a series of thirteen square wooden objects made up of bright, painted dots and pastes in random words forming creatures such as a crying steel robot. Limon’s literal objects aren’t as chromatic with earnest, cartoonish faces displayed on pills and bleeding sockets. (Garin Pirnia) Through November 24 at Garden Fresh
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