MUST SEE! La Bulla, April 11, Plaza de la Raza
Not to be missed! This Saturday, April 11, Plaza de la Raza celebrates La Lucha and Mexican culture as translated and transplanted to Los Angeles! This one-of-kind spectacular event–art show, bands, and of course live wrestling–is in collaboration with the American Diabetes Awareness-LA division to promote diabetes awareness, and promises a night of over…
La Luz De Jesus: Sex, Death, Skeletons and Pussy–Paul K and Scott Hove
It’s a damned good friday with show you shouldn’t passover tonight at La Luz de Jesus: Paul Koudounaris “Memento Mori” and Scott Hove “Pussy Jihad” bring together sex, death, religion, nihilism and resurrection, a show that eclipses all others just in time for the Easter bunny to roll away the stone–and if he sees his…
EMS Nude Survey 1 Opens April 3 at Jamie Brooks Fine Arts
Photographer Eric Minh Swenson is famous, infamous, notorious in the SoCal art world. You can’t miss him. He has the biggest camera, the most aquamarine eyes, the goofiest hubris. And most importantly, he gets the best shots of artists, candid and posed of anyone. He has also created over 400 mini-documentaries chronicling Southern California artists…
Save the Date: March 28, “Beyond Graffiti 2” Opening
Saturday March 28, the Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles presents the opening reception for “Beyond Graffiti 2.” Curated by the Los Angeles Art Collective, “Beyond Graffiti 2” exhibits the work of iconic graffiti artists, defining the rich history of the urban art scene as it pushes past the preconception of the spray can as…
Preview: Richard Shelton, “50 Years of Painting” at Temporary Space
On March 21, Richard Shelton, “50 Years of Painting” opens at Temporary Space, featuring fifty works covering the fifty years of Shelton’s career. Shelton, whose work is in the Smithsonian Art Institute’s Hirshorn Museum and other museums in the United States, chose the paintings not based on the subjective “good/better/best” but rather to reflect pivotal…
Save the Date, March 21: Richard Shelton Launches Temporary Space
Opening March 21, Temporary Space manifests artist Richard Shelton’s vision for a 21st century model of an art gallery. Shelton’s exhibition, “Richard Shelton–50 Years of Painting”, curated by Fatemeh Burnes, is the first the exhibition for Temporary Space which merges a traditional brick and mortar gallery with e-commerce. Temporary Space, at its 5522 Wilshire Blvd…
Exclusive Preview Photos! Laluzapalooza is BACK! March 6 at La Luz de Jesus
Huge! Hot! Cool! Explosive! Your eyeballs will never be the same! Your brain will never recover! Friday, March 6 at 8pm, Laluzapalooza launches a megaton of amazing art that will explode your imagination and hammer your dreams into a new universe. See you at La Luz de Jesus for this gigantic, no-theme show featuring works…
Jennifer Korsen, “Cross My Heart” Stone Malone
Jennifer Korsen, whose solo exhibition “Cross My Heart” runs through Saturday at Stone Malone Gallery, is known for her (at times anatomically incorrect) hearts that spout multiple valves and express a range of emotions with her judicious use of paint. Korsens hearts are jubilant, wistful, disconsolate, celebrating the range human emotion and so well, full…
“Curate This!!!” The Gabba Gallery, Opens February 28
There’s an art to curating, and many artists who curate, excited by the art of others, excited to further their own vision. The Gabba Gallery, which delights in showcasing all mediums of art, brings together twenty-six of these curator/artists for their first annual “Curate This!” opening Saturday, February 28 at 7pm. (Full disclosure: I am…
“Twenty Years Under the Influence of Juxtapoz” Opens at Barnsdall
February 22 celebrate two decades of groundbreaking art, celebrated with a mega show featuring over 100 artists popularized through the genius of Juxtapoz Magazine. Founded in San Francisco Robert Williams, Craig Stecyk, Greg Escalante, Eric Swenson and Fausto Vitello as a West coast nose-thumb to the New Your art establishment, Juxtapoz slammed contemporary street culture,…
Outsider Art Fair: The Good Luck Gallery
The Outsider Art Fair, which runs through Sunday February 1 at Center 548 in New York City, brings outsiders to the mainstream. This year, Los Angeles-based The Good Luck Gallery joined the fair, showing only artist Andrew Frieder. The Good Luck Gallery’s Paige Wery, who opened her Chung King Road space last year, shows a…
