Jwan Yosef, A Gathering of Eagles at Praz-Delavallade Through January 12, 2019 By Jenny Begun Artist Jwan Yosef is cool, calm and collected. With serious countenance, he jokes often. Through his work, Yosef has been trying to answer his own questions–identity, politics, religion, sexuality and sense of belonging are the topics he addresses. The…
Atlas Portal: Poyen Wang + Kio Griffith Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles Through January 4, 2019 By Lorraine Heitzman Despite the fact that the world has become undeniably more connected through technology, there are still many ways in which people and communities are isolated and alienated. Ironically, the root causes of estrangement are often…
Edmund de Waal —one way or other— MAK Center | Schindler House, West Hollywood Through January 6, 2019 By Shana Nys Dambrot When it comes to history-minded polymath Edmund de Waal’s artistic practice, ceramicist really does not cover it. But it’s a suitable place to begin, since it is mainly de Waal’s exceptional porcelain sculptures,…
Torrance Art Museum: FORUM 1 Through December 15th By Genie Davis A wildly diverse and wonderfully eclectic mix of mediums and artwork is the basis of the group show FORUM 1 at Torrance Art Museum. The culmination of a 10 month mentorship program between eighteen young art professionals and more established artists. Participants include Emily…
Personal Voices/Cultural Visions: Conversations in the Visual Arts Community, Los Angeles 1994-1996 produced and published by the Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art and edited by Ann Isolde By Betty Ann Brown Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt We have…
Walking Upstream, a Sophisticated, Elegant, Inspiring show at The Loft in San Pedro Presented by South Bay Contemporary at The Loft Gallery Through December 16th By Genie Davis Now at the South Bay Contemporary at the Loft Gallery in San Pedro through December 16th, artists and curators Monica Wyatt and David Lovejoy have shaped…
Chuck Arnoldi: Rough Cuts Desert Center Los Angeles Through December 2018 By Shana Nys Dambrot Chuck Arnoldi operates from a core set of ideas, a cadre of formal and optical precepts centering around the nuances and expressive pressures between shape and color. In a sense, all of his best known series start from a…
