Jonathan Griffin

Criticism and essays on art and culture

Month: March, 2026

Sayre Gomez

Sayre Gomez, “Oceanwide Plaza,” 2025-26. Courtesy David Kordansky Gallery

Early in 2024, graffiti artists broke into the half-finished Oceanwide Plaza skyscraper development in downtown Los Angeles, scaled dozens of flights of stairs and, over a few days, covered much of the towers’ exterior with spray paint. Colorful tags — “Sorak,” “Libre” or “Suave,” more than six feet tall — were emblazoned on mirrored glass windows of nearly every floor.

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Greta Waller

‘Lowball Cherries’ (2026) by Greta Waller © Photo by Paul Salveson, courtesy of the artist and Fernberger, Los Angeles

“I don’t consider myself a creative person at all,” Greta Waller tells me, in the kitchen of her south Los Angeles bungalow, despite abundant evidence to the contrary. 

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