The Feminine Sublime through June 3 Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena By Lorraine Heitzman Constance Mallinson has assembled a first rate group of women painters to address the concept of the sublime in art from a feminist standpoint. Each of the five artists in “The Feminine Sublime” at The Pasadena Museum of California Art explores…
“Eclipse” at Art Center College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA On view through September 10th By Larry Gipe On May 29, 1919, the sun’s corona burst out from around the dark disc of the moon in a total eclipse. Before this moment countless humans had experienced this spectacle with varying degrees of superstition,…
In the Land of Sunshine: Imaging the California Coast Culture Pasadena Museum of California Art By Shana Nys Dambrot Through February 19th Coastal landscapes have beguiled painters of the great outdoors since time immemorial, and inspiration has flourished along every achievable inch of land-meets-ocean across the planet’s centuries and continents. And the cliffs, sands, and…
Shifting Landscapes at the Pasadena Museum of California Art By Genie Davis Through February 19th At the Pasadena Museum of California Art through February 19th, “a sky in the palm of a hand,” dazzles with its lush, abstract ruminations on beauty and impermanence. The materials as well as the message of change and wonder…
Reality & Imagination: Three Unique Shows at the Pasadena Armory By Patrick Quinn Through January 8th The Armory Center for the Arts has been a creative force in Pasadena for over 60 years. It was initially conceived as the education program for the Pasadena Museum of Art. When the museum closed in 1974 (only…
Material, Metaphor and the Artist’s History on Display at BLAM Los Angeles Shift and Fade at BLAM Los Angeles by Lorraine Heitzman For the uninitiated, BLAM (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Meet) is a collective established to encourage dialogue between Brooklyn and Los Angeles artists. With venues in both Bushwick and DTLA, they have curated exhibitions on…
‘Shift and Fade.’ Large and Small. Art that digs deep into the personal by Kristine Schomaker The curators of “Shift and Fade” at BLAM didn’t want an exhibition that could be easily forgotten. Not by the people who saw it, and especially not for the artists involved. So Alanna Marcelletti and Dani Dodge invited…
