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For his first solo exhibition, “Yes, yes I will,” Los Angeles-based artist Dané Estes presents oil-on-canvas paintings, mostly unstretched, works on paper and a wooden wall relief, all of which, though made in the past year, contain elements that make them feel much older. Before beginning the purely painted aspects of each work, the artist creates a dynamic, textured surface that lends the pieces a sense of age. As a result, the canvases appear like found objects with a former life before the oil even hits the canvas. In a work like La Tempesta III, 2022, smudged surfaces top layered, …