Manipulating the Masters: Christina Ramos Gabba Gallery By Patrick Quinn For the past five years, Gabba Gallery has showcased a variety of street artists. Gallery owner Jason Ostro has also introduced the Gabba Alley Project in which local painters create murals to beautify the neighborhood. Christina Ramos’ solo show currently on display at Gabba…
Mark Dutcher: The Prisoners at Beyond Baroque Through June 30th By Jody Zellen Following on the heels of his 2017 exhibition of abstract paintings Another World at Jason Vass Gallery, Mark Dutcher is now using Jean Genet’s 1950 film, Un Chant d’Amour, as a point of departure. Entitled The Prisoners, this show of new paintings…
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…
Victor Wilde’s New Work is Edgy and Cheeky At Contemporary Gallery By Genie Davis Cheeky, a collection of mixed media works, paintings, and prints from LA-based artist Victor Wilde is aptly named. Edgy, irreverent, fascinating, and vehemently socio-political in nature, the show, at DTLA’s Contemporary Gallery, is a perfect introduction to Wilde’s style and aesthetic. During…
Studio Visit: Lawrence Gipe : The Dark Poetry of History “One has the impression that something is stirring inside [photographs] – it is as if one can hear little cries of despair, gémissements de désespoir… as if the photographs themselves had a memory and were remembering us and how we, the surviving, and those…
John Bankston: The Sky Above Us Walter Maciel Gallery, Culver City Through June 30 By Shana Nys Dambrot The predicated, corollary, problem-solving relationship between line and color that unfolds across a pristine coloring book animates the paintings of John Bankston. It’s a stylistic and material process he sets up for himself, by first drawing…
What’s Hot in L.A.? Art Events You Should Check Out UPCOMING OPENINGS June 13th Pasadena ART SHOW 2018 Laemmle Playhouse 7 673 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California 91101 Opening June 13th 7-9pm For more information June 14th Artists’ Resistance opening reception Angel City Brewery 216 Alameda St, Los Angeles, California 90012 Opening June 14th 7-9pm…
