ONE WORK: Jordi Alcaraz’s Book of Prayer in Defying Boundaries at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts through August 31st By Betty Brown Let there be a landscape of open eyes and bitter wounds on fire. No one is sleeping in this world. No one, no one… ~Federico Garcia Lorca Spanish artist Jordi Alcaraz uses mirrors,…
SHIVA SPACES: Hidden Rooms, Art At The Rendon June 1 – June 3 By Betty Brown In “Hidden Rooms,” Cindy Schwarzstein has assembled over 50 visual artists, along with numerous musicians and other performers, to “activate” the abandoned spaces of the former Rendon Hotel (2055 E 7th St, DTLA.) This essay surveys some of the…
It Takes a Village: A World of Art through April 22 Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster By Genie Davis “It Takes a Village” at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) through April 22nd, is the world in a microcosm, truly wonderful exhibitions that address essential and universal elements of community in…
Gifts of the Body, New Work by Kristine Schomaker through March 18th Ark Arts, Altadena “Fat-bashing in all its varied forms–criticism, exclusion, shaming, fat talk, self-deprecation, jokes, gossip, bullying–is one of the last acceptable forms of prejudice. From a very young age, before they can walk away or defend themselves, women are taught that they…
Our Writers Name Their Top 5 Exhibitions of 2017 From Kerry James Marshall to Kim Abeles, Shoshana Wayne to MOAH, women, immigrants and the resistance, Art and Cake asked our art critics to name their favorite 5 shows of 2017. Here is what they had to say: Lorraine Heitzman Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, MOCA Chagall: Fantasies…
ONE WORK: Lezley Saar, “Miss Pearly, The Transcontinental Mind Reader,” 2017 California African American Museum (CAAM) By Betty Brown On view through February 18, 2018 This is part of an ongoing series of essays focusing on a single artwork. It seems to me that one of the most important things art can do in our…
ONE WORK: “Two Women, One Reality” Installation by Bibi Davidson & Dwora Fried This is part of an ongoing 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 is to force us to slow down and…
