Leah Ollman reviews the exhibition Robert Minervini: Until Tomorrow Comes at Marine Contemporary, Venice, CA, on view through January 25, 2013.

Ollman writes: "Much of the strength of [Minervini's] work derives from oppositions within it–the dueling senses of hope and despair, and stylistic disjunctions that turn every surface into a lively wrestling match. A straight-ahead realism jostles with graffiti-like drips and sprayed stencilings, crisp graphics and loose, painterly collaged bits. Descriptive representation is overlaid by fragmented, abstract grids. Sallow hues counter neon exuberance. Order vies with decay."