Posts by author: Stephanie
NG: Well for starters, I am wondering about your inspiration. The press release for your show mentions you have 14 years of social work. How does that influence the art you make, and what sort of life experiences drive you to make this sort of art? NGL: I have come to see my job in [...]
Help me Lord, Help me understand What it means to be a boy, What it means to be a man -The Violent Femmes I first met Nery when he was preparing his piece for the Made in LA show last year. He had not one, but two pieces on display at the LA Municipal Art [...]
I walked into Robert Berman Gallery unprepared for the mindfuck my brain was about to receive. On the wall to my left was an image of a paper shark, which introduced me to Marc Fichou’s work and his solo exhibition, Contenant Contenu. Visually, the prints are quite striking. The geometric shapes patterned on the print [...]
“It’s too much to handle” was the first thing I heard when I walked in to Project Room 2 at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Three young girls were staring in amazement at the painfully meticulous works by Samira Yamin on display. Impressed, inspired, and overwhelmed, the reactions of these girls to the art [...]
I have a rule for myself when I visit a gallery or museum. I first do a “blind run” of the exhibition, going in without asking too many questions about the show beforehand. It’s like having a clean slate and I absorb the work without expectations or prejudices. Especially when the show is of an [...]
It was an interesting scene at Ed Templeton‘s latest exhibition at Roberts & Tilton. The peacoat-wearing, beard-sporting, artsy crowd that usually frequents the Culver City art scene was replaced by a the more youthful and diverse crowd of skateboarders and punk rockers. Ripped jeans and band shirts were everywhere. One person even wore a California [...]
Walking in to Kathryn Andrews‘ solo exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery is like walking in to a world of chrome. Six pieces are present in the room, all of them almost completely covered in the reflective metal coating. The parts that are not chrome seem to be what clue us in on what the artwork [...]
Danny Heller has carved his niche out in the art world as the “photo-realistic mid-century architecure paintings” guy. If you’ve seen a good painting of Southern California modernist homes in the last few years, chances are it was by him. His success is due to his thorough exploration of the subject, both technically and thematically. [...]
“Painting is dead” the saying goes. Since the invention of photography, the state of painting has been in constant change. Some might say painting has to struggle to stay relevant. Others may argue that painting is now free to explore new territories. Whatever the case may be, contemporary painting certainly offers us something that no [...]
Ken Gonzales-Day has a unique approach to art in that he doesn’t simply create works of art; he creates a body of work. His works are separate pieces that can certainly stand for themselves, but they are all part of the same train of thought. Each photograph is a sentence and each of his projects [...]
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