Cabinet of Horrors: The Satirical Portraits of Robbie Conal Track 16 Gallery Through December 10 By Nancy Kay Turner Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming –Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray European and American artists such as Daumier, Hogarth and even Rube Goldberg have a long…
PØST: Kamikaze – Let Me Eat Cake Photo Essay by Debe Arlook Curated by Kristine Schomaker Supported by Art and Cake and Shoebox PR July 14th 7-9pm PØST 1206 Maple Ave. #515 Los Angeles, CA 90015 https://www.post-la.com/ Let Me Eat Cake, which coincidentally falls on Bastille Day, was a sweet, decadence mixed with extravagant…
The Echoing Sounds of Reverb at Tiger Strikes Asteroid Through July 22nd By Genie Davis Reverb, the group show at Tiger Strikes Astroid closing July 22nd, began with an opening in which the visual art fused with the auditory. A poetry reading held a circle of viewers riveted, as if they themselves were suspended in…
Janie Geiser, Parallel Storms and Laura Heit, Too Many Days Track 16 Gallery Through May 19, 2018 By Lorraine Heitzman Projections, films, prints and mechanized puppets have transformed Track 16’s three rooms into a ghostly theatrical space with a curious ambience. Partly mysterious and wholly inventive, Laura Heit’s Too Many Days and Janie Geiser’s…
Verdant Loop at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles On view through August 27th by Genie Davis Through August 27th at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Verdant Loop, an exhibition featuring the works of Devon Tsuno, Hung Viet Nguyen, and Erin Harmon, is a beautiful, rich, and deeply fertile look into stunning landscapes. Each artist has a…
Studio Visit: HK Zamani – Capturing Ghosts on a Divine Wind By Gary Brewer “Panpsychism proposes that all matter, even the finest particles, is a bit of consciousness, or even that the whole universe is consciousness.” Gerald Edelman, Bright Air, Brilliant Fire – On the Matter of Mind “All the radiance of this…
The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleasure; it’s a little like making love, the physical act of love. ~Francis Bacon …
