See young artists' work at Irvine and Conner

WaPo art critic Blake Gopnik says, "In the latest summer shows of student work at Irvine Contemporary and Conner Contemporary Art, there's the standard mix of quite good, fairly bad and already-seen." Regardless, both of these shows are really great places to see some fantastic young talent. Blake singles out the works of Paris Mavroidis and Kyle Ford for praise. I agree! I'd also add Patrick McDonough at Conner and Matt Sartain at Irvine among others.

Image: "Divers" is an entrancing three-minute animation by Pratt Institute MFA Paris Mavroidis. Though boyish, the piece also is sober and adult. (Irvine Contemporary)