Even lovers of the newest high-tech artistic trends occasionally crave the retro reassurance of traditional media such as plain old, realistic pencil drawing. Los Angeles artist Karl Haendel provides that old-school comfort with a trio of tremendously large renderings at the Contemporary Arts Center. His subject, medieval armor, seems to perfectly fit his role as a Prospect.2 artistic reactionary. (FULL ARTICLE: Doug MacCash, The Times-Picayune)