Half-Time at Studio System 2018 Torrance Art Museum By Lawrence Gipe Studio System 2018 is the brainchild of Max Presneill, the Torrance Art Museum’s director, curator and a dynamic impresario in the LA art world. One of Presneill’s themes as an organizer is an exploration into the nature of chemistry between artists. In his (now…
Victor Wilde’s New Work is Edgy and Cheeky At Contemporary Gallery By Genie Davis Cheeky, a collection of mixed media works, paintings, and prints from LA-based artist Victor Wilde is aptly named. Edgy, irreverent, fascinating, and vehemently socio-political in nature, the show, at DTLA’s Contemporary Gallery, is a perfect introduction to Wilde’s style and aesthetic. During…
Studio Visit: Lawrence Gipe : The Dark Poetry of History “One has the impression that something is stirring inside [photographs] – it is as if one can hear little cries of despair, gémissements de désespoir… as if the photographs themselves had a memory and were remembering us and how we, the surviving, and those…
Carbon: Richer than Gold Fellows of Contemporary Art in Chinatown Through July 20th By Genie Davis In the case of Carbon, at Fellows of Contemporary of Art in Chinatown through July 20th, that element is not only the basis of life, it is the basis of a vibrant artistic life. Beautifully curated by Lauren…
Texas at Philip Martin Gallery Curated by Matthew Brown Through June 30th By Lorraine Heitzman While Texas, currently at the Philip Martin Gallery, may not be as super-sized as its formidable namesake, it is nevertheless an expansive survey of art that includes eighteen artists who are associated with the Lone Star state. Some are…
John Bankston: The Sky Above Us Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City Through June 30 By Shana Nys Dambrot The predicated, corollary, problem-solving relationship between line and color that unfolds across a pristine coloring book animates the paintings of John Bankston. It’s a stylistic and material process he sets up for himself, by first drawing…
What’s Hot in L.A.? Art Events You Should Check Out UPCOMING OPENINGS June 13th Pasadena ART SHOW 2018 Laemmle Playhouse 7 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California 91101 Opening June 13th 7-9pm For more information June 14th Artists’ Resistance opening reception Angel City Brewery 216 Alameda St, Los Angeles, California 90012 Opening June 14th 7-9pm…
The Escape Artist: An Art Adventure at KP Projects Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins Through June 16 By Genie Davis Vivid, surreal, and yet entirely realistic, brilliantly colored, and filled with a sense of wonder, The Escape Artist, a collection of works by Greg “Craola” Simkins now at KP Projects is a riveting look at an…
Marilyn Minter at Regen Projects Through June 23 By Sara Fortson At Marilyn Minter’s third solo exhibition at Regen Projects, the artist furthers her exploration of what it means to be a woman in the art world. Minter’s photographs and paintings are the stuff of Technicolor soft-core fantasies, and this exhibition is no exception. On…
SHIVA SPACES: Hidden Rooms, Art At The Rendon June 1 – June 3 By Betty Brown In “Hidden Rooms,” Cindy Schwarzstein has assembled over 50 visual artists, along with numerous musicians and other performers, to “activate” the abandoned spaces of the former Rendon Hotel (2055 E 7th St, DTLA.) This essay surveys some of the…
Deborah Roberts: Fragile but Fixable Luis de Jesus Gallery Through June 16, 2018 By Shana Nys Dambrot Mixed media collages by Deborah Roberts give physical expression to an essential psychosocial phase of human development — adolescence. Her works deftly interpret the time in everyone’s life when we really start to consciously figure out who…
Getting Uncomfortable with Camille Rose Garcia and Dr. Deekay at Corey Helford Gallery Through June 16 By Evan Senn As if my childhood nightmares had come to life to seek me out and take me back to my nine-year-old nightmares, a giant glowing tooth hums and hovers over a pile of black glittery pus—obviously left…
