Sadie Barnette: Black Sky Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown Through December 1, 2018 By Shana Nys Dambrot The wide front windows of the gallery are sheathed in pink cellophane. At night, with the lights left on, it’s a beacon of welcoming mystery; inside during daylight hours it’s a bit like another world, a fine mist…
Tahiti Pehrson at Joseph Gross Gallery Through November 17 by Jenny Begun As you walk into Joseph Gross Gallery in Los Angeles, you come to face a large sculptural tapestry that immediately transports you from Chinatown to the Middle East or the Ancient Greece or Rome. The hanging white cotton rag looks like a facade of…
Willard Hill at The Good Luck Gallery Through October 14 By Shana Nys Dambrot The Good Luck Gallery is L.A.’s only outlet dedicated to Outsider Art, a genre long valued by a dedicated niche of collectors and curators which has been gaining more widespread attention in recent years. Perhaps prompted by a general cultural…
Insect / Mammal: A Two-Artist Show at Coagula Curatorial Coagula Curatorial Through October 13 By Patrick Quinn A two-man show called Insect/Mammal featuring sculptures of insects and drawings of mammals sounds pretty straight forward. However, that’s not the kind of show gallery owner Mat Gleason has curated. These are two career artists presenting strong bodies…
Space + Land Fellows of Contemporary Art Chelsea Dean / Susan Feldman / Susan Logoreci / Aili Schmeltz Curated by Chelsea Dean August 25 – November 2, 2018 By Lorraine Heitzman The four artists participating in the Fellows of Contemporary Art’s Curators Lab Exhibition are like members of any good band; each one embodies…
Carbon: Richer than Gold Fellows of Contemporary Art in Chinatown Through July 20th By Genie Davis In the case of Carbon, at Fellows of Contemporary of Art in Chinatown through July 20th, that element is not only the basis of life, it is the basis of a vibrant artistic life. Beautifully curated by Lauren…
William Powhida: After ‘After the Contemporary’ through March 3, 2018 Charlie James Gallery, Chinatown By Shana Nys Dambrot Cheeky and dark in a funny-because-it’s-true kind of way, the 120+ works on paper by New York-based artist William Powhida in After ‘After the Contemporary’ combine the convincing mimicry required for satire, with the more gestural and…
