In two big paintings, each 80 inches square, Mr. Tacla presents a vision of urban ruins in variations of dark blue, using a technique lodged somewhere between the scratchiness of Francis Bacon and the existential smearing of Gerhard Richter's early photo - based paintings.» (cristintierney.com)
The year I started teaching seventh - to twelfth - grade English in Minneapolis, Prince launched his song about urban ruin, «Sign o» the Times.» (edutopia.org)
The Whitechapel Gallery celebrates Acme Studios» avant - garde roots, but is it now just urban ruin - porn for London's property developers? (apollo-magazine.com)