Kasia Kay Summer Show

The work on show as part of the Kasia Kay Art Projects Gallery's summer show was all top notch. Amongst the work there was a black plexiglass cutout of a chandelier by Sandra Bermudez, a gouache and collage piece on paper by Diane Christiansen and Jason Dunda, and figurines by Duncan Anderson (with a title like Mercy Killing (once you realize it's pointless, it's easier that way) forcible, fatal anesthetization of inconsolable, irrational ghost: dismembering and disbanding pleasant but useless and irrelevant memories), how could you go wrong?).
The artist who really stood out from the rest of the pack was Maleonn. His photographs were playful, whimsical, and nostalgic. Days on the Cotton Candy #1, shows a woman standing inside a tub, in a giant bathroom. She's holding a vacuum and looking surprised as it produces clouds of cotton candy. Postman 1 shows a postman, with his bicycle and parachute, about to jump off the roof of a building. In both pieces, the incorporation of older objects like the vacuum cleaner, bicycle, and suitcase add a nostalgic feel to the photos, which is then furthered by the dusty color saturation. The contraptions and their functions feel a little Michel Gondry-esque, and are equally as fun as his work. The photographs are very sweet and whimsical, but with just enough edge and uncertainty.