John Sonsini Exhibition

Miles McEnery Gallery (520 W 21st St.)

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Miles McEnery Gallery presents an exhibition of works by John Sonsini.

Invigorated by expressive brush strokes and larger than life scale, John Sonsini’s paintings of “Los Angelenos”—Los Angeles Latinos—present a visceral take on portraiture. Widely known for his portraits of “Day Workers,” the paintings in this current exhibition depict various sitters from the artist’s Pico Union/Koreatown neighborhood near to downtown Los Angeles.

Sonsini is less interested in an observational realism and more engaged with capturing a sensation of the sitter’s presence through his unique handling of oil paint. In the artist’s own words “I paint men who I think are remarkable people, and I try to make the paint behave in a way that will convey that.”