Cabinet of Horrors: The Satirical Portraits of Robbie Conal Track 16 Gallery Through December 10 By Nancy Kay Turner Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming –Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray European and American artists such as Daumier, Hogarth and even Rube Goldberg have a long…
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…
PØST: Kamikaze – Let Me Eat Cake Photo Essay by Debe Arlook Curated by Kristine Schomaker Supported by Art and Cake and Shoebox PR July 14th 7-9pm PØST 1206 Maple Ave. #515 Los Angeles, CA 90015 https://www.post-la.com/ Let Me Eat Cake, which coincidentally falls on Bastille Day, was a sweet, decadence mixed with extravagant…
Roland Reiss, Unrepentant Flowers and Miniature tableaux at Diane Rosenstein Through June 2 By Nancy Kay Turner “Choosing beauty over content (or choosing beauty as content) is always an act of sedition.” Dave Hickey “Truth is Beauty, Beauty is Truth…” John Keats Roland Reiss, the venerable and much beloved artist, has an engaging exhibition…
The Magic and Power of Tattoos through April 15 Natural History Museum, Los Angeles By Nancy Kay Turner “Tattoo: An Exhibition,” on now at The Natural History Museum through April 15th, is a fascinating historical overview of the history, social and religious significance of “ink” worldwide, with an emphasis on our rich homegrown tattoo scene. Tattoos,…
Our Writers Name Their Top 5 Exhibitions of 2017 From Kerry James Marshall to Kim Abeles, Shoshana Wayne to MOAH, women, immigrants and the resistance, Art and Cake asked our art critics to name their favorite 5 shows of 2017. Here is what they had to say: Lorraine Heitzman Kerry James Marshall: Mastry, MOCA Chagall: Fantasies…
The Un-Private Collection: Mark Bradford, Sharon Lockhart + Katy Siegel by Nancy Kay Turner The Un-Private Collection is a series of sparkling, often intimate conversations between artists and their interviewers (sometimes curators, gallerists, friends or even famous musicians). This is part of the Broad’s mission to bring their collection to the public. The last…
