Edmund de Waal —one way or other— MAK Center | Schindler House, West Hollywood Through January 6, 2019 By Shana Nys Dambrot When it comes to history-minded polymath Edmund de Waal’s artistic practice, ceramicist really does not cover it. But it’s a suitable place to begin, since it is mainly de Waal’s exceptional porcelain sculptures,…
Exploring Boundaries with HERE – A Group Show at LAMAG Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery through January 6, 2019 By Patrick Quinn The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery has a history of mounting group shows that are conceptually challenging and visually satisfying. The themes are usually socially relevant, as is the case with the current…
Torrance Art Museum: FORUM 1 Through December 15th By Genie Davis A wildly diverse and wonderfully eclectic mix of mediums and artwork is the basis of the group show FORUM 1 at Torrance Art Museum. The culmination of a 10 month mentorship program between eighteen young art professionals and more established artists. Participants include Emily…
Personal Voices/Cultural Visions: Conversations in the Visual Arts Community, Los Angeles 1994-1996 produced and published by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art and edited by Ann Isolde By Betty Ann Brown Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt We have…
Walking Upstream, a Sophisticated, Elegant, Inspiring show at The Loft in San Pedro Presented by South Bay Contemporary at The Loft Gallery Through December 16th By Genie Davis Now at the South Bay Contemporary at the Loft Gallery in San Pedro through December 16th, artists and curators Monica Wyatt and David Lovejoy have shaped…
Chuck Arnoldi: Rough Cuts Desert Center Los Angeles Through December 2018 By Shana Nys Dambrot Chuck Arnoldi operates from a core set of ideas, a cadre of formal and optical precepts centering around the nuances and expressive pressures between shape and color. In a sense, all of his best known series start from a…
YEAR ONE: Tomoaki Shibata and Loren Philip, A Collaboration Castelli Art Space Curated by Peter Frank Nov 9th – 26th By Genie Davis Loren Philip and Tomoaki Shibata are true collaborators. Where one artist’s work ends and the other begins is a delightful process for viewers to unravel. Curated by Peter Frank, the exhibition…
Art and Cake’s weekly art calendar has changed. Facebook was getting too tedious trying to cull through so many events each day with their new feature of adding many days to an event. We have decided to post only that weeks events and add more in depth information to help you decide where to go…
Ceci Moss’ Mobile Art Gallery, Gas By Genie Davis When Ceci Moss decided to pursue a gallery model, she chose one that she says would guarantee the most amount of independence and experimentation despite limited resources. The result was Gas, which she describes as “a mobile, autonomous, experimental and networked platform for contemporary art.…
Divided Brain at Lava Projects Curated by Brian Cooper and Colin Roberts Through December 16th By Eve Wood Sometimes, as a critic, you come across a group show that hangs together so seamlessly, it knocks the breath right out of you. This is the case with “Divided Brain,” curated by Brian Cooper and Colin Roberts…
Two Important Exhibitions Shine at Roberts Projects Betye Saar Something Blue Holding Up 1/2 the Sky, Curated by jill moniz Through December 15th By Genie Davis Two fascinating, deeply felt exhibitions shine at Roberts Projects: Betye Saar: Something Blue, and the group show Hold Up ½ the Sky, curated by jill moniz. Both shows are a…
Studio Visit: Kiel Johnson: The Animated World of Everything in a Universe of Possibilities By Gary Brewer “Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos, nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we’re living, which is so excellent once one gets…
