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Post-Classici
The Palatine Hill, and the Roman Forum beneath it, is a marvelous place to visit if just for the archeology and history. Now a viewer can see how contemporary artists interact with these ruins on a large scale. The exhibition “Post Classici,” curated by Vincenzo...
Doug Aitken’s Mystery Train
The traveling art bash “Station to Station” concluded its nationwide tour in Oakland last week and it just goes to show: There’s nothing like a road trip fueled by a cool million in corporate donations for having a good time.
New Season Openings at Pacific Design Center
"NEW SEASON OPENINGS on Sept 18, 2013. Some great shows and people..." From PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 9/27/2013 (18 items) Alisa Yang Annie Wharton Stephanie Duton and Cathy Stone at Another Year in LA Darrick Stone and Michael Hawley...
Magic Carpet Ride
From the shaded parking lot, a stark beam of light shines through the loosely shut double doors of a nondescript white brick building. It is late morning, and the sun is already beginning to assert its presence as I approach the now-defunct Regen Projects gallery. It...
HOLLYWOOD IS THE SEXIEST
Since the 2012 opening of his eponymous Hollywood gallery, Perry Rubenstein has exerted considerable influence on the contemporary art world, while imbuing several exhibitions, such as his recent “The Humors,” with intellectual and symbolic perspectives that reference...
DESTINY TRUMPS DESTINATION
La Cienega Boulevard, as it traverses Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Los Angeles, appears not to have changed much over the last few decades, until you hit Venice Boulevard. Trailing south into Culver City, the character of the boulevard shifts dramatically. What...
RECREATING RECREATION
while a long wait line at an LA museum is a rarity, here in New York you could easily pass an hour chatting in the line for the Met or MoMA or merge with the crowds in Chelsea. Late spring, the visceral experience of looking at art together with so many other curious...
SF Report: PERFORMANCE LAB
“And there it is...” Sage Charles smiled as he deftly inserted the business end of a baseball bat into the supine body of Ron Athey as part of the initial preparations for “Messianic Remains,” the latest installment in Athey’s “Incorruptible Flesh” performance series....
The Road at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
""THE ROAD" JULY 13–AUGUST 17, 2013" From Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 9/03/2013 (9 items) Aaron Wrinkle, Margaret Haines Lily Stockman Jonathan VanDyke Masood Kamandy, Brandon Andrew Chris Engham Molly Larkey Britton Tolliver John...
FILM: SECOND ACTS
While sagas of personal transformation are a staple of recent nonfiction filmmaking—from U.N. peacekeeper Roméo Dallaire’s inexorable drift into despair (and back) in the CBC’s Rwanda documentary Shake Hands With the Devil, to crack-mom Kirk White’s unexpected ascent...
Books: To (Richard) Hell and Back
Richard Hell swaggers up the side-walk, as if in a private movie that is being played out for the pleasure of others, as if he is being watched—which he is. Full of himself. Happy: yes, I suppose that’s another word for it. And why wouldn’t he be happy? He is about to...
Fort Worth’s Modern Celebrates 10 Years
Jenny Holzer’s “Kind of Blue” was the show-stopper at the recent “Tenth Anniversary Acquisitions” exhibit at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Holzer’s blue LED strips cascading from ceiling to floor in a 12-hour loop of “truisms and quotes” floated from the...
Sister Act: Perform Chinatown After-Party at HRLA
Nao Bustamante kicked off Human Resources LA’s July 27th benefit and Perform Chinatown After-party with characteristic mischievous flair. In the preamble to her performance, as she was thanking HRLA for inviting her and thanking us for being there to support the...
Scrawling for Dollars
The large brightly-lit room of the Armory at last month’s Monster Drawing Rally was crowded with people—and it was hot. I’m one of the artists participating in this fund-raising event where around 25 artists draw for one-hour shifts, hang the completed work on a...
Blood, Salt Water and Gasoline
Through the heart of every true Southern Californian, there flows a passionate mixture of blood, salt water and gasoline. "Kustom Kulture II" is a celebration of this Life and Style. Grab your sweetie and a blanket, revv the rod and head down to the sands of...
Perform Chinatown 2013
"Photos By Lynda Burdick" From Perform Chinatown 2013. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 7/30/2013 (30 items) Claudia Bucher Charlie James, Katrina Umber Natalie Loveless Kate Gilbert Kate Gilbert Vela Phelan Skip Arnold with Olivia Tim Youd Tim Youd Mat Gleason of...
Robbie Conal: Fever Dreams
"Robbie Conal, Amir H. Fallah, Mark Licari, Stas Orlovski" From Fever Dreams at Koplin Del Rio. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 7/15/2013 (13 items) L.C. Stas Orlovski and Ruth Weisberg Actress Meagen Fay Kelly and Andy Moses Amir H. Fallah and Robbie Conal Penelope...
The Legend of Lee Reynolds
Ten years ago, I was driving down Venice Boulevard one morning, late to work as usual, when I spotted a large modern artwork among the bric-a-brac in front of a thrift store. It’s got to be a poster, I thought as I circled the block. But no, it was a framed abstract...
The Big Cheese
I’m listening to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass’ Classics, Volume 1 as I write this. Besides being famous for his ’60s music, Alpert has apparently been making art for almost as long. I ran into his formidable sculptures again recently, this time at the Robert...
Margie Schnibbe; Aberrant Abstractions; Raven Servellon
"Great shows last Saturday in Chinatown. Margie Schnibbe at Charlie James Gallery and Coagula Curatorial's Aberrant Abstraction group show and Raven Servellon's show in the basement." From Chinatown openings June 18, 2013. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 6/18/2013 (18...