Half-Time at Studio System 2018 Torrance Art Museum By Lawrence Gipe Studio System 2018 is the brainchild of Max Presneill, the Torrance Art Museum’s director, curator and a dynamic impresario in the LA art world. One of Presneill’s themes as an organizer is an exploration into the nature of chemistry between artists. In his (now…
Feminism Now at Shoebox Projects: An International Collaboration Opening Sunday, February 25, 3-6 pm On view through March 11 by Genie Davis Opening Sunday, February 25th and running through March 11th, “Feminism Now” at Shoebox Projects is a collaborative exhibition of three groups: The San Diego-based American Feminist Image Group (FIG), the Swedish-based Krogen Amerika…
Salvage: Upcycling the Old into Art Through February 23 (Artist Talk Feb 10, 3-5pm) Art Exchange Exhibition Space, Long Beach by Genie Davis Through February 23rd at the Long Beach Art Exchange Exhibition space, “Salvage” offers the work of twelve dynamic female artists who have turned discarded objects into art. Using the ultimate in upcycling,…
I Ching in America Chenhung Chen Renders the Invisible Visible by Genie Davis This weekend, Shoebox Projects is hosting a closing reception for Chenhung Chen’s I Ching in America, Hexagram #32 installation. Like much of this artist’s fascinating work, Chen has woven a web of shapes and forms that are suggestive and fluid, using…
Brewery Artwalk and Open Studios Fall 2017 – Photo Essay by Stephen Levey
Art Stories: Personal Narrative at The Annenberg Community Beach House By Genie Davis Through June 4th Story telling is an art, and at The Annenberg Community Beach House Gallery in Santa Monica through June 4th, the story is profoundly rich, the art both political and indeed personal. Curators Diane Williams and Sheli Silverio have assembled…
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 …
