Kate Pincus-Whitney

How Kate Pincus-Whitney Overcomes Creative Block

"I will take a two-hour stroll in my local Japanese market, Mitsuwa, and then cook for hours. Inviting friends to come join is like tapping into the same way I relate to material, like painting but a more direct action of love and care.” —Kate Pincus-Whitney

Intimism Revisited: The New Generation of Artists Inspired By Their Private Spaces

The attention to precision is perhaps no more manifest than in the work of Alec Egan. Fields of bold pattern and color across wallpaper, linens, upholstery, and curtains threaten to overwhelm the eye but are harnessed by meticulous linework delineating form and space. The effect could be described as a sort of sterile vibrancy—idealization taken to the brink. Even in his more compositionally minimalist paintings such as of architecture or landscape, swathes of hyper-saturated ombré skies prohibit any sense of true reality, instead appearing more like a daydream or romanticized reverie.  —Annika Olsen

The Visual Language of Kate Pincus-Whitney’s Art

Pincus Whitney's art is an unabashedly bright celebration of variety and inclusivity, driven by her feminist spirit. —Harper's Bazaar Arabia

Kate Pincus Whitney’s Sumptuous Foodscapes Capture L.A.’s Culinary Delights

For Ernest Hemingway, a “moveable feast” referred to a formative experience of a place—in his case, Paris—that stayed with you long after you’ve left. For self-described artist-anthropologist Kate Pincus-Whitney, the enduring experiences that inform her paintings are literal feasts, too, centered around shared meals in her hometown of Los Angeles. Stuffed celery from Musso & Frank Grill, Nancy Silverton’s Caesar salad, French dip sandwiches from Philippe’s, and Roy Choi’s Kogi tacos from his first food truck in Venice are just a few of the dishes on the menu at Pincus-Whitney’s sumptuous L.A. debut at Anat Ebgi, on view through August 17th. —Tara Anne Dalbow

Best Shows in July | Kate Pincus-Whitney

Inspired by the unparalleled diversity of LA’s dining scene and the power of cuisine to convey and transcend politics, culture and identity, Kate Pincus Whitney’s new show, ‘To live and dine in LA / You taste like home’ is a love poem to the city’s diverse and gastronomic treasures. Each painting represents a different neighbourhood, and the tables hold the depth of variety found in each corner of the city. Covering both sacred shrine and intimate celebration, she offers gratitude to a childhood raised in the kitchen by her mother and grandmother, and she invites the audience to take part in this history. —Carole Dixon

Kate Pincus-Whitney at Anat Ebgi

Painter and LA native Kate Pincus-Whitney is drawing on the food of her childhood and adolescence in her first solo exhibition, To Live and Dine in LA: You Taste Like Home, at Anat Ebgi Gallery from now until August 17. Pincus-Whitney’s maximalist paintings are embedded with references to many beloved LA restaurants, including Dan Tana’s, Crudo e Nudo, Night + Market, Apple Pan, Spago, and more. —Cathy Chaplin

Artist Kate Pincus-Whitney paints portals to LA’s food scene — and its history

Large scale, textured and layered with food, objects and history, the pieces for the artist’s first solo show “To Live and Dine in LA/You Taste Like Home” are portals made of acrylic paint. They let viewers into a world where martini glasses wiggle and the squiggle of cream on top of stuffed celery from Musso and Frank’s leaps off the canvas. On her tables, all of L.A. history sits together. “[California] is five, seven million different narratives going on all at the same time,” Pincus-Whitney says, “and they're all intertwined, and the most basic aspect of it all is to eat.” —Victoria Alejandro

Sneak Peek: Kate Pincus-Whitney “To Live and To Dine in LA / You Taste Like Home

"We can't wait for this one..." —Juxtapoz

MUST SEE | Kate Pincus-Whitney at Anat Ebgi

Synthesizing contemporary life and mythology, Pincus-Whitney’s maximal tablescape paintings map culture, place, and self through the foods and objects we consume. —Artforum

Feast For the Soul: Painting the Profound Language of Love and Identity at the Dinner Table With Kate Pincus-Whitney

In Kate Pincus-Whitney's upcoming exhibition, To Live and To Dine in LA/ You Taste Like Home, attendees will witness a culinary theater where the profound importance of preserving culture through shared meals is vividly portrayed. The artwork serves as a bridge between the personal and the collective unconscious, inviting viewers to engage with the intimate rituals of eating, sharing, and cultural exchange. —Domi Perek

Kate Pincus-Whitney’s Maximalist Canvases Are a Feast for the Eyes

"This show is an exploration of place, the idea of “home,” and art historical motifs of paradise and the sublime. Examining and exploring Los Angeles as subject/ Object/ Verb and the history of Los Angeles in relation to cuisine/ culture/ politic/ identity/ home/ magic/ and nowness. How do we capture the essence of place, how do we make “home,” and how does food play into the psychology of our own identity and understanding of self? All the while, looking further through the ‘literal’, the ‘surface’ of the landscape and into the essences and mysteries it holds beneath. As Joan Didion put it, I am looking into the “Local Imagination” , the mythos, the shadows, and the impossible totality of how LA plays herself. And this is just the beginning." —Kate Pincus-Whitney