MOLAA: New Exhibition Captures Tradition in Southern California Landscape Painting
On September 19th the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach (MOLAA) unveils a regional aesthetic of landscape painting, focusing on Southern California artists. “Somewhere Over El Arco Iris” presents works from the Chicano Movement, while simultaneously contrasting these works with modern-day street artists Man One, Vyal Reyes, and Johnny KMDZ Martinez. Coincidentally, “Somewhere…
“Under Construction” Transforms Abandoned Downtown Building into Artistic Playground
Some time last month, I posted a photo of myself on Instagram holding three spray paint cans with the caption #help. I’ve held onto the cans for quite some time now and used them probably once so I wanted to see if anyone could possibly save me–and my cans–from this sad state. Street artist Eyeone…
CARTWHEEL Preview: One Night Only! “Under Construction” Group Mural/Graffiti Show
The night of his opening at Coagula, Gronk and his friend Tanner Goldbeck told me about this amazing tree that was growing through cement in an abandoned building downtown, it somehow found enough dirt for its root and is absorbing moisture through the empty elevator shaft. Gronk excitedly called it the “Little Tree that Could.”…
Photos: “Quad Shots,” “Sext Me If You Can” Opening at Coagula
Huge turn out at Coagula Curitorial for “Quad Shots” with Renée A. Fox, Diane Gamboa, Germs, and Gronk showing up top and Karen Finley down below with Sext Me If You Can. At Coagula during Projects Miami in December last year, Finley accepted sexts and turned the images into watercolors, not on display in Cogaula’s…
Preview: Gronk at Coagula Curatorial
Gronk’s work in the “Quad Shot: Renee A. Fox, Diane Gamboa, Germs and Gronk” show, opening at Coagula Curatorial this Saturday January 19, serves up an excellent blend of the artist’s vision and versatility in his unique low-brow high-brow way. Entering the gallery and seeing the brightly-colored floating Madonna is like turning a corner in…
Mat Gleason Dishes on Parking in Chinatown
Wednesday I went by Coagula Curatorial to preview this weekend’s “Quad Shot” show— and especially to look at my friend Gronk‘s work–and was happy to see Mat Gleason, gallery owner and director, on hand to supervise its installation. Some of you know that Mat recently had a pacemaker installed to stabilize his heartbeat and was…