Judithe Hernandez and Patssi Valdez: One Path Two Journeys through January 28th Millard Sheets Art Center, Pomona in participation with Pacific Standard Time: La/LA By Mario Vasquez What happens when two women artists, whose artistic practice involved political and social activism, begin painting? Do they abandon the activism? Or, do they express it in new…
Leonard Greco’s Sculptural and Theatrical Embodied Currently in residence, reception on January 13th Shoebox Projects, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles By Genie Davis In progress now, with a reception set for January 13th, Leonard Greco takes over Shoebox Projects’ gallery space with a new installation, Embodied: St. Anthony & the Desert of Tears. This new body of work…
Helen Rebekah Garber: Thaumaturgy Ichiro Irie: Garmonbozia Sagrada David DiMichele: Real and Unreal extended through January 13 DENK Gallery, Los Angeles By Shana Nys Dambrot Creation, destruction, renewal; threat, protection, materialism; reality, illusion, and all manner of Utopias (including the ironic) are the order of the day with three concurrent solo shows on view at DENK.…
ARC Visions at Arcadia Contemporary: A Fresh Take on Realism By Genie Davis Just closed at the Arcadia Contemporary, the group exhibition Arc Visions featured the work of winners from the 12th Annual International Art Renewal Contemporary (ARC) Salon Arcadia Contemporary Award. The ARC Salon is an international exhibition of the work of realist…
Martin Ramirez Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles Through December 31, 2017 Robert Berman Gallery Through October 14, 2017 By Shana Nys Dambrot It’s all about context. Already one of the most anticipated venue debuts in recent memory, the new ICALA (Institute of Contemporary Art Los Angeles) was never going to want for attention.…
Striking Surreality in Beverly Hills: Curtis Weaver at Garboushian Gallery By Evan Senn Through October 13th The feet of small creatures scamper just inside the glass walls of the all-white gallery in Beverly Hills. While surrounded by money and beauty, the windows of the Garboushian Gallery act as a visual alarm clock, awakening Beverly Hills…
ONE WORK: Carlos Almaraz, Echo Park Lake, 1-4, 1982 On view at LACMA by Betty Brown (N.B.: This is the first in what I hope will be a series of essays focusing on a single artwork. It seems to me that one of the most important things art can do in our fast-paced, virtual/digital world…
