Bansky Dismaland Has West Coast Artists We Love!
Banksy’s Dismaland is a huge hit on the Internet and will be even more epic in real life. Showcasing “The finest collection of contemporary art ever assembled in a North Somerset seaside town,” Dismaland features artists like Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer and Jimmy Cauty, and a slew of artists from the West Coast that we’ve…
LA Art Show: Desire Obtain Cherish, Diamond Dust, Duchamp, and a Series of Portraits.
For me the absolute stand out commentary work at the LA Art Show was Desire Obtain Cherish, Designer Pill Packs at The McLoughlin Gallery: Spot-on brutal commentary on the Business of Art, Designer Pill Packs state baldly that neither art nor consumer goods are a panacea for shallow weltschmerz or consumptive malaise. DOC’s barbed doses…
People Are Strange: Mercedes Helnwein’s “Make It Dark” at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
Let’s not get too bogged down in who Mercedes Helnwein is just yet. Let us, for the moment, focus on the work which, with Helnwein, is a writer’s dream. No matter how you attempt to describe her art, you can’t really go wrong, given that one avoids words like “convivial” and “uplifting”. Helnwein traffics in oblique, moody…
Tea & Crumpets: The Friends, Journalists, and Artists I Met on my London Art Adventure
I journeyed to London to go on a world-class art adventure during which I met new and old friends, journalists, and artists to share experiences with. The following is a dissected look at some of the outings and synchronicities I experienced during my week long stay of jam-packed 10am-midnight walks with individuals. There will be…
Accessing The Entourage: An Inside Look at ART PLATFORM 2012
Going to ART PLATFORM was like visiting 1000 epic exhibitions at the same time. At its core, the event is an art fair, which means that there are tons of galleries from all over the world that each have their own booth in which to showcase a small selection of their artists’ work. To the…