‘Works’ by Rona Pondick @ Zevitas Marcus
Rona Pondick’s Works from 2013-2018 at Zevitas Marcus show a chronological installment of a genuine artist. By genuine, we mean an artist who grows in response to a tiredness to previous exertions at novel beautiful creations, of one who’s mastery finds working the same tried way as banal if not deathly. Being able to continuously
Read more.Photo LA 2019
Photo LA in Santa Monica was a storm of over 60 contemporary photography galleries from all corners of the Earth. It provided more validation of Los Angeles as a locus for contemporary fine art and great representations of experimental artwork. My favorites from the show: Sean Mundy’s Sigil, found in the Gallerie Youn booth
Read more.‘Goethe komischer Mann’ by André Butzer @ Nino Mier Gallery
Nino Mier Gallery has made a splash onto the Los Angeles Contemporary Art scene with a resplendent opening. The grand and imposing compositions of André Butzer do not dare to be daunting, but rather festive, each in an inconceivably original manner. This is childish jubilee carried forward into adulthood, providing a beaming light amidst the shadows
Read more.‘The Studio is My Church’ by Dora De Larios @ Craig Kull Gallery
The recently deceased Dora De Larios brought a warm positivity to the damp evening opening at the Craig Kull Gallery at the Bergamot Station (at least by Los Angeles standards). Her mirthful ink works were reminiscent of children’s illustrations, themselves generally an uplifting work to bring about a sense of wonder to a child’s imagination.
Read more.Best Los Angeles Contemporary Art of 2018
Best: Defying Boundaries by Jordi Alcaraz @ Jack Rutberg Fine Arts View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joseph Hazani (@jhazani) on Jun 8, 2018 at 3:09pm PDT Unequivocally, Mr. Jordi Alcaraz’s works are a resplendent poise of intellect with beauty. The Catalan artist soothingly breaches the imagined possibilities of fine
Read more.‘Life Lessons’ by Sarah Abbott @ No Free Bread Gallery
The grand opening of the No Free Bread Gallery presents us with a cryptic collection of abstractions from Sarah Abbott. Ms. Abbott provides a copious – if not overwhelmingly so – series of enigmatic uses of the primoradial elements to fine art. The exhibition itself would be mildly unoriginal were the canvases left high and
Read more.‘Year One’ by Loren Philip & Tomoaki Shibata @ Castelli Art Space
Year One was a triumphant opening at the Castelli Art Space for its feat in advancing Los Angeles contemporary fine art. While this does not deny the fact that many contemporary galleries in Los Angeles are well capable of providing the space for such an installation, Castelli is expanding the boundaries of the field of
Read more.‘Now and Then’ by Jo Ann Callis @ ROSEGALLERY
With this exhibition at ROSEGALLERY of Ms. Jo Ann Callis’ work done over 40 years ago, we have a positive element of timelessness to the collection. While there is a strong current of autobiography, the success of the artistry is in its ability to take the subjective and make it universal. Indeed, this is what
Read more.‘Artificial Memories’ by Corey Grayhorse @ dnj Gallery
Corey Grayhorse brings tremendous felicity to photography with her exhibition Artificial Memories at dnj Gallery. She presents generally eccentric and mildly zany photographs which, while having an autobiographical subtext, can stand alone as cheerful gum drops of contemporary life. It is striking that she is able to take such profane settings such as a McDonald’s
Read more.Inglewood Open Studios 2018 Review
Off the beaten path of commercial art galleries in the city of Inglewood is a network of artist studios with an annual weekend “open house”. Exploring the open studios with no expectations, I was astounded at the artistic liberty and mastery of many of the artists. In the process of creating for the sake of
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