Elad Lassry's portraiture faces you dead-on. It's perfect in lighting and composition; it looks a little retro. But ultimately it's impossible to know the subject—even by its foreground or background. And so a portrait of an actor ends up looking eerily like a portrait of a skunk. We spoke to the Los Angeles-based artist on the occasion of his first solo show at David Kordansky Gallery about why his images aren't just photos, and why cliché imagery isn't just kitsch. See the full article and interview on Art in America.

LEFT: PHILIP PRUITT, 2009.COURTESY DAVID KORDANSKY GALLERY.


Work by Elad Lassry is on view through October 24. David Kordansky Gallery is located at 3143 S. La Cienega Blvd, Unit A, Los Angeles.