The excitement for Takashi Murakami’s, GYATEI², at Gagosian in Beverly Hills was apparent even before walking into the opening. The annual pre-Oscar opening had a line of eager gallerygoers wrapped around the building—their enthusiasm escalating upon entrance. ...
Beverly Pepper
Beverly Pepper's renown for large-scale outdoor sculptures makes her lesser-known small works seem particularly fresh and intimate. "New Particles from the Sun" features 25 modestly-sized indoor sculptures, mostly on pedestals, and a larger one in the courtyard at...
Blum & Poe: : Parergon
“Parergon,” a two-part exhibition at Blum & Poe, puts a spotlight on an influential yet unfamiliar era of Japanese contemporary art of the 1980s and ’90s that was shaped by political, economic, and social upheaval. Curated by Mika Yoshitake, the show offers a...
Call me Oscar
There aren’t too many equalizers in today’s stratified society; in fact, one can say that the act of waiting is the only inconvenience that’s shared by everyone, rich and famous, or poor and anonymous. Consider a traffic jam on the Santa Monica Freeway; the CEO in the...
Desert X 2019
Desert X is back. Its inaugural year in 2017 saw 200,000 visitors from around the world flocking to see exciting, site-specific temporary art installations in the California desert. It was a beautiful thing – no walls, no cost, no barriers keeping anyone from...
Not Just the Fairs…
It was art-fair weekend all over Los Angeles, and other galleries held exciting openings, too. If there was any doubt that LA was overflowing with art—even rainy weather couldn’t hold back a strong turn-out. At StartUp Art Fair at The Kinney Venice Beach hotel,...
Fred Eversley; Evan Holloway
One transparent parabolic-lens sculpture by Fred Eversley offers a dynamic experience. Ten offer something closer to awe. Individually, they call forth orbicular celestial bodies; en masse, they encompass a galaxy of evocations. Each of his untitled resin sculptures...
François Ghebaly: : Kelly Akashi
Drawing parallels between seashells, glass and the human body, Kelly Akashi's exhibition, "Figure Shifter," is a mystical mise-en-scène whose cryptic press release reads as a brief fairytale written in the first person by some mythical spiritual entity. This dimly lit...
How to Frieze in Los Angeles
After experiencing Frieze LA at Paramount Studios, I've got some super exciting ideas for everyone to consider and some fun activities you might want to do to make your experience even better than mine. I would have done the following, but I was there as a member of...
Emily Fromm: No Vacancy
Emily Fromm’s solo exhibition currently on display at 111 Minna Gallery, “No Vacancy,” is the painter’s comic-book style depiction of bustling corners of San Francisco. The exhibition shows over 40 works from the California native painter who studied at San Francisco...
Precious Moments
Ltd los angeles opening reception last Sunday titled, "and I'll have a pepper=shaker in my cave, so laugh” resulted in an intimately playful group show that engaged, informed and challenged. The exhibition featured works of Margaret Haines, Nova Jiang, Linnea...
Farnaz Shadravan
A mood of musing remembrance pervades "Rearranging My Furniture," Farnaz Shadravan's show presenting sculptural reconfigurations of household items. In Shadravan's hands, parts of once-utilitarian objects such as chairs and doors become meditative totems of...
LACE: : Take My Money / Take My Body
“Take My Money / Take My Body” at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions is Narei Choi and Nicolas Orozco-Valdivia’s conceptually ambitious curatorial debut as a collaborators. As contemporary Korean pop music was expressly manufactured to generate the global fanaticism...
Photo L.A. 2019
Last weekend, the West Coast's longest running photography art fair Photo L.A. celebrated its 27th edition – and like a fine wine, it is getting better with age. This year, Photo L.A. flexed its muscles in a new, expansive home at the historic Barker Hangar at the...
Helen Lundeberg
Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999) wrote in 1942 that her aim was "to calculate, and reconsider, every element in a painting with regard to its function in the whole organization." The renowned Post-Surrealist's precision of shape, color and composition is amply displayed in...
Sally Mann at The Getty
"Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings," is a deeply satisfying survey exhibition of the photographer’s work which has traveled from the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. to the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts and is currently at the Getty Museum in Los...
Steve Turner LA: : Paige Jiyoung Moon
Paige Jiyoung Moon's small-sized acrylic paintings on canvas and panel (all between 6 and 18 inches square) are expansive narratives. Beautifully rendered in exacting detail, they depict everyday moments that, like going on a hike or hanging out with a friend, are...