Both ”structural” and ”impermanence” are apt descriptions of ”Structural Impermanence: New Works by Renée Lotenero,” currently at Peveto Gallery. The exhibition, the second here for Los Angeles-based Lotenero, after her Houston debut five years ago at McClain Gallery, is chock full of new ideas and directions for the artist. Along with her trademark drawings and sculptures, there are some firsts — photography, collage and installation — and they all have another thing in common — repetition. Among all these new experiments in medium, one element is still crucial to the artist — scale. This is no clearer than in the sculpture Remnants of a small building with a new fig path in-stalled, a piece of stainless steel surrounded by photographs of a repeated image. The ankle-high sculpture is comically small. It looks like an afterthought, as if it’s not even supposed to be there. But there’s as much going on here as in her giant wall installation that’s also in the exhibit, once you come down to its level. ”Structural Impermanence: New Works by Renée Lotenero” is on exhibit at Peveto Gallery.
Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Starts: Nov. 2. Continues through Dec. 15, 2012
This article appears in Jun 14-20, 2012.