Making Herself at Home: Studio Visit with Artist Sijia Chen By Sydney Walters Los Angeles based artist Sijia Chen travels to and from the United States and China, soaking up composites of urban life to capture the tone of what it means to be a stranger transitioning into an inhabitant of a city. Her…
Studio Visit: David Lloyd, The Quantum Mechanics of Painting… By Gary Brewer “I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is ‘Who…
Appetitive Torque at Eastside International By Genie Davis Through April 22nd Eastside International has another provocative exhibition running through April 22nd, Appetitive Torque. Curated by Loren Britton and Rocket Caleshu, the show features the work of artists Cheyenne Julien, Gaby Collins-Fernandez, and Christina Quarles; and of writers Vanessa Baish, Rin Johnson, Martha Oatis, and…
Studio visit with Mark Dutcher: The Search for a Symbolic Universe By Gary Brewer “…And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating In the general mess of imprecision of feeling Undisciplined squads of emotion…” TS Eliot, East Coker, Four Quartets Mark Dutcher’s work…
The Power of Play: Ready to See at Jason Vass By Sydney Walters Through April 15th Presented by Jason Vass on the east side of the Los Angeles arts district, Ready to See is a new art exhibit featuring the work of Dan Callis and Tina Linville. These Los Angeles based artists pair beautifully…
Richard Bruland Peripheries Lora Schlesinger Gallery By Amy Kaeser Through February 25th Peripheries, Richard Bruland’s fourth solo showing at the Lora Schlesinger Gallery, located in Santa Monica’s Bergamot Station, presents a new series of paintings which focus on the way the eye sees and perceives, and what lays on the outer edges of our…
Chimento Contemporary: Straight Outta Bushwick By Genie Davis Through February 4th Straight OUTTA Bushwick, at Chimento Contemporary through February 4th, is less about geography than it is about the artists that geography contains. Organized by Patricia Hamilton, former curator of the Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art in New York, the exhibition showcases the work…
