In the Stillness Between Two Waves of the Sea: A Group show at Durden and Ray On view through June 29th By Patrick Quinn The exhibit currently showing at the Durden and Ray Gallery is, in many ways, no different than most group shows. Work created by a dozen artists in a variety of mediums…
Art and About: Selected Art Events Outside of L.A. From Pepperdine to Santa Barbara Compiled by Jennifer Susan Jones Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine, Malibu To April 1, 2018 Alexis Smith: Private Lives and Public Affairs For over 40 years, Alexis Smith’s art has explored the depths of popular culture. She begins…
Los Angeles Artist Collectives You Should Check Out By Diane Williams Breaking through the art world has never been more challenging. Folding or merging art galleries and limited government funded art programs are making the competition extremely high along with the saturation of artists producing and showing artwork. The intensely competitive art market is…
In the Artist’s Studio – A Photo Essay I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment. They become in a sense… symbolic of themselves. ~Richard Avedon …
Divide and Conquer, Durden and Ray’s Round Won By Sydney Walters Through March 26th Durden and Ray’s opening show, Round Won, introduces an exciting platform inviting private studios and intimate spaces to participate in a broader discussion. This artist collective aims to take advantage of the melting pot of culture and creativity Los Angeles…
BLAM Says Goodbye to its Physical Space With a Look at a Dystopian Future By Genie Davis BLAM gallery closed its brick and mortar doors this month in favor of future pop-ups. The doors weren’t shut quietly though, the last show closed the space with a visual bang. BLAM’s FUtopia exhibition, which itself just closed,…
FAUX SHO’ : DADA Centennial Part 2 at MuzeuMM By genie Davis On view through December 12th Dadaism began in Zürich, Switzerland, an artistic reaction to nationalism and the causes of WWI. Now is a terrific time to revisit this European avant garde art movement, given our current, shall we say xenophobic, political climate. And…
