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…
Uncharted Territory: The Work of Steve Seleska at ARK Gallery By Patrick Quinn Altadena is one of those small communities scattered along the 210 freeway that seems trapped in time. Perhaps being so close to what’s left of Route 66 has something to do with it. The city’s biggest claim to fame…
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…
Vanessa Prager: Ultraviolet Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA By Amy Kaeser Through June 17th Vanessa Prager’s third solo show at Richard Heller Gallery is a series of impasto-abstracted self-portraits. The work in Ultraviolet delves deeper into the artist’s psyche detailing the interrelationship between the art object and the unconscious drive of the artist.…
Iva Gueorguieva, A Translator of the Senses… By Gary Brewer “What I seek is a permanent opening of possibilities” Michel Foucault “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.” Rebecca Solnit, A…
TAG Gallery Glows With Linda Sue Price’s Enlightened Systems By Genie Davis Through June 10 Tag Gallery launches its new location on Wilshire Blvd. in mid-city with strong solo shows from Donn Delson, Jerry Hardin, Gary Polonsky, and Linda Sue Price. Price’s Enlightened Systems features astonishingly supple and vivid neon works that are the…
Phung Huynh and Osvaldo Trujillo at CB1 By Genie Davis As beautiful as women are expected to be, it’s hardly surprising that Pretty Hurts. This dark truth behind society’s quest for an “ideal” woman is also the title of Phung Huynh’s powerful exhibition at CB1 Gallery that just closed. Huynh uses as her reference…
