Maiden LA: No Summer Doldrums – August Art Happenings By Genie Davis Co-organized by Salomeh Grace and Molly Schulman, Maiden LA is a rich, county-wide canvas of art events. Taking place in galleries, alternative spaces, and throughout the city itself, the vast panoply of art events is as inclusive as it is eclectic. There are…
Studio Visit: Jay Mark Johnson, The Shape of Time By Gary Brewer “Before the new technologies and ideas, time was a river in which human beings were immersed, moving steadily on the current, never faster than the speeds of nature…Photography appears on this scene as though someone had found a way to freeze…
Sabrina Gschwandtner’s “Hands at Work” at Shoshana Wayne Gallery By Sydney Walters Through August 26th This month, Shoshana Wayne Gallery presents “Hands at Work,” a solo show by multi-medium artist Sabrina Gschwandtner who literally dissects films to comment on the evolution of maker and renegotiates historic women’s craft as liberating rather than divisive. In…
Julian Rosefeldt: MANIFESTO Feature film starring Cate Blanchett Opens at the NuArt May 26th and keep an eye out for more dates in June Review by Shana Nys Dambrot Visual artist Julian Rosefeldt is an acclaimed and ambitious fine art photographer and video artist with a distinctly Romantic, operatic sensibility even at his most…
COLA 20 at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery By H.C. Arnold Through July 2nd Putting on a retrospective for 271 artists would be a daunting task for even the most seasoned curator. Managing the logistics of the installation while juggling the particulars of each work would be impossible. With COLA 20, on view…
Moholy-Nagy: Future Present Los Angeles County Museum of Art By Jody Zellen Through June 18th László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) was an influential artist and educator— first as a member of the German Bauhaus and later as the director of the Institute of Design in Chicago. He was an inventive artist who was able to transcend…
Luis de Jesus: Antonia Wright Invites Viewers to Take a Plunge By Genie Davis Through February 11th Now at Luis de Jesus through February 11th, Antonia Wright’s compelling exhibition Under the water with sand, rocks, miles of rocks, then fire is both fascinating and haunting. It is a work that one can simply not look…
