Lot 16
Kristin Calabrese
I Can't
2004
ink on Bristol paper
value $500-$700
9 x 12"
courtesy of Gagosian Gallery

In Artforum Christopher Miles wrote that Kristin Calabrese “…falls in with a handful of emerging artists who introduce in a frank, simple manner, material that has previously been romanticized, exoticized, or tokenized. The tone of her work is earnest and undeniably charged with emotion, but the real power of these paintings is what they propose: the painting can genuinely engage viewers with very unromantic images about being young and broke.” Showing actively, this year alone her work has been included in group shows in Brooklyn, Los Angeles (twice), and San Francisco, and in a solo show in New York entitled “Everlasting Gobstopper.” Calabrese lives and works in Los Angeles and earned her MFA from UCLA, where she was the recipient of the Levinson Award two consecutive years.