Route, Rut, Lane: A Karkhana Collaboration at Shoebox Projects “The stereotype of the solitary artist working away in private has dominated the recent history of Western art, but in the end we are social beings. The truth is that artists feed off their relationships with other creative people.” ~Jessica Hough, In The Spirit Of Collaboration…
Powerful Exhibition at Steve Turner Gallery: Force of Nature Through May 12 By Genie Davis At Steve Turner Gallery through May 12th, Force of Nature is a group show that evocatively represents current social, political and environmental issues through the landscape of nature itself. From climate change to social media, the topics conveyed by the…
Torrance Art Museum: International Exhibition Includes Los Angles Collectives and More Through May 18th. By Genie Davis Co/Lab III, at the Torrance Art Museum through May 8th offers a stellar pairing of 8 artist-run collectives from Berlin with 8 artist-run gallery spaces from LA. The 16 groups create eight separate curatorial projects; 76 artists in…
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…
Lipschutz or Lipschutz at MaRS By Genie Davis Through July 22nd Through July 22nd at Museum as Retail Space the father and son duo of Jeff Lipschutz and Michael Lipschutz exhibit the eponymous Lipschutz or Lipschutz. A collection of 15 large paintings and 25 sculptures, the installation is about two generations exploring the new…
Ohlsson/Dit-Cilinn: HYDROGENESIS HILDE L.A., Mid-City By Shana Nys Dambrot Through July 15th The centerpiece of the eerie, witty, sculptural installation HYDROGENESIS is a large mixed media situation of the same name, a pagan-industrial confection made from a 1970 El Camino, sand, a cresting bronze heron, palm fronds, seaweed, cement, wood, wax candle, sea urchin,…
“Twenty-One” at Subliminal Projects By Evan Senn Through July 15th In Los Angeles, the art world is more than not a competitive industry of buying and selling goods. The competition in this city for creative expression and artwork with market value often times removes a large part of why most people are drawn to…
