Alison De La Cruz is a multidisciplinary theater artist, community-based facilitator, producer and cultural space cultivator who has spent over 20 years building intersectionally with Black, Latinx, Indigenous, queer and immigrant communities towards community-based...
“Materia Medica,” the summer group show at François Ghebaly, curated by Kelly Akashi, is more than a call to reconsider the relationship between humans and the natural world. The show pointedly issues a rallying cry of refusal against relentlessly destructive human...
Since 2017, Alec Egan has created paintings that depict the interior rooms of imagined dwellings. These spaces are often decorated with competing floral patterns so ornate they become claustrophobic. In August, he presents 14 paintings of varying sizes that center...
The hair of human beings has a significant amount of lore associated with it throughout time because it is such a highly symbolic part of the body. Hair has had great social, cultural, and economic meaning and in every moment of that history the visual arts have...
As a virtual reality artist-run space (blessedly, no goggles are required) EPOCH is the quarantine-induced experimental project of its founder Peter Wu, an acclaimed artist whose own work has pushed the boundaries and applications of futuristic tech in fine art for...
At a time when abstract painting seems mired in self-reference, I itch for shows like "Clutches," Lauren Quin's second solo show in Los Angeles. Quin's paintings are impressively complex. They feel like the orchestrated chaos of Albert Oehlen, but with an affinity for...
The eclectic group show, Riders of the Red Horse, at the Pit marks the re-opening the gallery after four months of closure due to the pandemic. The show features works by Diana Yesenia Alvarado, Amy Bessone, Keith Boadwee, Elana Bowsher, Canyon Castator, John de...
Two lush summer shows are blossoming online at Torrance Art Museum. Both exhibitions are visual stunners; and they continue the museum’s ongoing aesthetic for cutting edge, culturally resonating art. Semblance | Sunshine co-curated by Josh Hashemzadeh and the Torrance...
“Quarantined Visions” continues with a selection of work from artists locked down in Italy. The first installment of this series exposed artwork from China, the country that suffered through the original outbreak and quarantine brought on by COVID-19. Part Duo takes...
Rodrigo Valenzuela pursues a robust and multivalent practice that encompasses lavishly produced and materially rich photography, sculpture, installation and video. At the same time, these pursuits are equally centered on a semiotic, politically engaged post-capitalist...
As part of a teaching proposal to the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico in July 1995, filmmaker Bruce Baillie makes clear what he believes to be the foundation for any kind useful communication, art, film or otherwise: “I want to present in my teaching,...
Why does brown always get the short end of the stick? If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down. It’s not fair – earthy, practical, pragmatic brown is so much more than the leavings of a last meal. Brown is the color of the earth, your Sunday school...
The uprisings and protests over the death of George Floyd erupted in Los Angeles not unlike its legendary wildfires. The flare-ups were largely spontaneous and unpredictable, some small and contained, others massive and out-of-control. Yet all were fueled with an...
Kate Newby is an artist of the immediate and quotidian. Her work is rooted in place, which she defines through the conditions, actions, and events that occur there. Her investment in the local is often expressed through site-specificity. This exhibition gives its...
Congratulations to our winner Brian C. Moss and our finalists. Moss' photo is seen above and first in our photo gallery in the July/August online issue of Artillery. The following photographs are the finalists. Please see the info below on how to enter for our next...
Dear Reader, You may have noticed there was no May/June print edition of Artillery. Due to COVID-19, funds were low and galleries were shuttered, so we did an online-only issue. But we are back now with a Summer print edition, and we owe it all to a GoFundMe campaign...
Set on a six-acre site overlooking downtown Montgomery and, most significantly, the Alabama State Capitol, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened in April 2018, is dedicated to the over 4,400 known victims of racial terrorism who were murdered by...
A good white American friend can be hard to find, so I appreciate and cherish mine. It’s June 2020, a month that will probably go down in history as one of the most pivotal, enraging, disgusting, hypocritical, amazing months in American history. And one by one, these...