Kara Joslyn Presents "This Is Hardcore" at Perrotin

"If photography is the false index -- the truth that tells a lie," said painter Kara Joslyn, "I like to think of painting as the trick -- the lie that tells the truth." Based in Los Angeles, Joslyn is an emerging artist whose monochromatic aesthetic beckons with hidden truths and kinetic energy. As her first solo exhibition in New York, Joslyn is presenting "This Is Hardcore" at Perrotin. Each painting serves as an appropriation of sorts, by featuring a number of symbolic elements conjoined toge...