Ricky Allman’s Abstract Cityscapes at Marine Contemporary
In July, Ricky Allman presented Marine Contemporary with the awesome challenge of exhibiting his painting This Is A Lighthouse. It is the largest work the Venice-based gallery has shown to date and since there was no way the gargantuan canvas was going to fit through the door, they had to stretch it inside of the…
Retna at Michael Kohn Gallery
More than a decade ago, Marquis Lewis aka Retna began making art around the city. The Los Angeles native quickly began to cover more and more of the city while developing an eye-catching style: characters that mesh Arabic writing with Asian calligraphy and much more. Fast forward to today, and he remains one of the…
Borderlines: “Narcolandia” at Coagula Curatorial
What is it about an outlaw? There are few limits to our collective tendency to mythologize them. We blow them all out of proportion. We romanticize the hell out of them. In order to secure outlaws in the firmament of lore, we even ascribe certain moral codes to their legends. We distort the often mundane…
Home Is Where The Needle Marks at POP TART GALLERY
In July, artist Ellen Schinderman curated a two-part exhibit, “Home Is Where the Needle Marks” that culminated at POP tART GALLERY. POP tART’s owner, Phyllis Navidad, greeted my guest and me at the door with a giant hug — after which we found ourselves immersed in a world of inventive needlepoint and wonderful folks. The…
Melanie Rothschild “Pours with Purpose” at Fresh Paint Art
This past Saturday night, Fresh Paint Art Gallery‘s neon sign glowed a few different colors, attracting groups of passersby. As they went inside the gallery’s doors, a group of hanging strips of variously colored paint greeted them. In all colors and patterns, the strips were only a taste of Melanie Rothschild‘s colorful work that comprises…
Cannibal Flower 12 Year Anniversary Group Show
This Saturday, September 15th Cannibal Flower, the eclectic mobile gallery, is hosting their 12Year Anniversary featuring the work of William Adan at a new location in downtown Los Angeles, featuring live music by The Milky Way and a fetish performance by Snow Mercy and Noir Halo. DJ’s for the night will be Mr. NumberOnederful, DownToEarth…
High Voltage: “Rock Is Dead” at Hyaena Gallery
First things first, if you’re the type of gallery-goer who likes to engage in polemics regarding Reagan’s influence on the Neo-Expressionists, all the while sipping a ten dollar glass of chardonnay, well Hyaena Gallery probably isn’t the place for you. However, if you’ve ever stayed up late drinking PBR, drawing monsters and zombies while “Reign…
Daniel Joseph Martinez, “I Am a Verb” at Roberts & Tilton
From the outside, the building looked simple. Mostly nondescript, it blended into other buildings on Washington Boulevard, but when you got closer you could spot a neon sign that spelled out “BAIL BONDS” next to a similar sign that read “OXYGEN.” The man near the door held it open and you entered a space…
Dan Barry on his Taetrum et Dulce: Lux in Tenebris (Creepy and Sweet: Light in Darkness)
“Taetrum et Dulce: Lux in Tenebris,” the group show at the lively Distinction Gallery in Escondido, Calif., showcases 30 Pop-Surrealist and Lowbrow artists from ten countries. The well-curated international survey is the co-effort of two curators: Dan Barry, the artist of Austin, Texas, and David Vecchiato, the Italian artist and Gallery Director of MondoPOP in Rome,…
Lab Art x Cooper Design Space present Full of Grace Art Show
LAB ART, the biggest street art gallery in the U.S, host a rare off-site cocktail reception at the Cooper Building in downtown Los Angeles for artist Louis XXX. The reception will take place tonight, during DTLA Artwalk, September 13 from 6pm-9pm to mark the occasion. The world-famous lobby is transformed into a gallery space showcasing…
Andy Freeberg, “Art Fare” and Alexandra Bellissimo, “Simulations” at Kopeikin Gallery
If you visit Culver City’s Kopeikin Gallery anytime soon, you’ll be in for quite the visual treat. Andy Freeberg‘s “Art Fare” and Alexandra Bellissimo‘s “Simulations” give their own spin to images in ways that will make you look twice at the image in front of you. Freeberg takes the people usually behind the scenes…