White Columns Online #28:
Lookers
curated by Marie Catalano

Lise Soskolne, Eyeballs/Eggs, 2006. Oil on canvas, 70 × 70 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A black and white painting of two elongated white spheres with an eyeball in each, which look like eggs with eyeballs where the yolks should be. These are set against a black background with a white border at the top and a smaller white border at the bottom.)

Lise Soskolne, Putting the Boot In, 2010. Oil on canvas, 84 × 65 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A black and white painting with a four tiled black and white checker pattern in the background. There is a square with the ‘yin and yang’ symbol with smaller ‘yin and yang’ symbols in the two dots of the larger ‘yin and yang’ symbol. On the ‘yin and yang’ symbol are criss-crossed lines with a streaky grey background behind the symbol. Below the square is a triangle with a misshapen shoe and a possible building. The same criss-crossed lines in the square are also present in the triangle in the background. The background of the triangle is white and black with the vertical line of the checker pattern dividing it.)

Megan Mi-Ai Lee, So No One May Enter (After Howard Hughes), 2022. Foam, fiberglass, paper mache, lightbulbs, enamel, 56 × 72 × 38 in.
Courtesy of the artist. (A large sculpture of a high heel shoe. The outside of the shoe is silver with a gold bow at the top, on the outside of the shoes are lightbulbs going around the shoes in neat rows. The insole and outsole of the shoe are bright red and the heel is a block heel. The shoe is placed outdoors, in front of a grey wall with gravel and some grass surrounding the gravel.)

Megan Mi-Ai Lee, Blonde in Bathtub, 2023. Cast pewter, velvet, foam, nickel-plated frame. 10 × 8 in. Courtesy of the artist. (Two small silver nude figures inset in a tan background with a beige metal frame. One figure is facing forward while the other is backward facing. The figures are sculpted and placed in two indentations in the tan background, side by side.)

Megan Mi-Ai Lee, Zig Zag Girl, 2022. MDF, enamel paint, 56 × 30 × 4 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A red humanoid figure against a white wall with a strong shadow behind it. There are two holes in the torso of the figure and one in the center of the ‘head’, which resembles a Q. The figure is outlined in black with its legs coming to a sharp point. One leg is straight while the other is bent.)

Lisa Armstrong Noble, Gown, Sculptural, 2022. Oil on canvas, 28 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A black and white painting of a long white dress against a black background. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and thin straps, a tight fitted waist and a voluminous skirt with large ruffles. The ruffles create shadows and the bottom section of the dress is covered in shadows.)

Lisa Armstrong Noble, Gown, Ribbonlike, 2022. Oil on canvas, 28 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A black and white painting of a long white dress against a black background. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and thin straps. The skirt has two layers of mesh fabric with two lines of white ribbons on the bottom of each layer.)

Lisa Armstrong Noble, Gown, Belle, 2022. Oil on canvas, 28 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A black and white painting of a long white dress against a black background. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and thin straps with a ribbon bow tied around the waist. The skirt is layered with a sheer layer covering the whole skirt.)

Ingrid Lu, Disco Lamp, 2023. Oil on canvas with ribbon, 14 × 18 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An abstract painting with blurred and smudged green, blue, pink and purple circles. There is a sheer fuchsia ribbon wrapped around the canvas towards the bottom.)

Ingrid Lu, Turquoise Glitter, 2023. Oil on canvas, 6 × 6 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An abstract painting covered in turquoise paint with multi colored dots filling the areas without paint. The paint-less areas form the shapes of sticks and leaves, with the dots filling the shapes. The dots are mostly pink, brown, yellow, and green.)

Ingrid Lu, Firefly Ballad, 2023. Oil and sequins on canvas, 8.5 × 10.5 in. Courtesy of the artist. ( An abstract painting with a multi-colored background with a heavy use of green. In the center towards the bottom is a dark red spot, with a bright green spot beside it. To the right of the canvas a white dotted vertical swirl. At the bottom of the page are mountain-like forms with a white line outlining the form. There are two flowers in the “mountains” and a dotted white line leading up to one of the flowers.)

Ingrid Lu, Sequins, Streamers & Snakes, 2023. Oil on canvas with ribbon, 21 × 18 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An abstract painting with a deep burgundy background. Curved lines shoot out from a point in the center of the painting. Behind the lines different shapes are scattered throughout: flowers, hearts, music notes and donut-like shapes. There are two green ribbons that emerge from the bottom of the canvas extending beyond the photo.)