Enduring Patiently: Yuval Pudik

Enduring Patiently is Los Angeles-based artist Yuval Pudik's second solo exhibition at Silverman Gallery, in San Francisco. By name, it may sound like yet another tired reference to the state of affairs within the art market, an insinuation made more so by the title's origins in the Bible: "And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary." (Revelations 2:3) While many works on paper would crumple under such rhetorical weight, Pudik's adroit draftsmanship holds up. Though the biblical reference provides an ancillary point of departure in his work, the drawings are not biblical illustrations. Less dark than deadpan, Pudik's exaggerated forms amount to a critique of stereotypical symbols of masculinity.
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