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…
Walter Maciel Gallery: Hung Liu in Two Solo Shows Through October 27th By Genie Davis Large scale portraits and diminutive landscapes by artist Hung Liu comprise a stunning exhibition, Cross Roads,and at Walter Maciel Gallery through October 27th. According to Liu, her portrait work is based on the photographic images of Dorothea Lange. “Her photos…
Lari Pittman, Portraits of Textiles & Portraits of Humans Regen Projects Through October 27, 2018 By Lorraine Heitzman For more than three decades, Lari Pittman has been one of Los Angeles’ greatest talents, his fertile imagination matched only by his daunting work ethic. His early paintings grew out of the Pattern and Decoration movement…
Artist Profile: Sierra Pecheur By Jenny Begun Los Angeles artist, Sierra Pecheur, who turned 80 a few days ago, is uncommonly strong and dynamic. She brings a lifetime of wisdom to her ceramic sculptures and gives us the gift of seeing the world through her experience. Growing up, she didn’t think of becoming an artist,…
Danial Nord’s Cloud Nine Torrance Art Museum September 22 – November 10, 2018 Artist Talk October 14th 3-430pm By Jody Zellen During the last year, San Pedro based artist Danial Nord might have been seen on his hands and knees in parks and on beaches casting his sculptures. He often used public spaces for building…
Lauren Mendelsohn-Bass Candy Coats Noir Cool by Genie Davis With vivid, rich colors contrasting with monochromatic images, artist Lauren Mendelsohn-Bass creates a hyper-realistic world that’s straight out of film. Using images and themes from popular candies, and contrasting them with lush black and white women, men, and couples, the artist offers viewers a wonderfully visceral…
Peter Ivancovich Gives Viewers Natural/Wonder Fabrik Projects October 18th, artist talk at 7pm October 20th, Artist Reception, 6-10pm By Genie Davis A landscape designer for 20 years, photographic artist Peter Ivancovich offers a lush one-week show at Fabrik Projects beginning October 18th with an artist talk at 7 p.m., followed by an opening…
