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From the Editor January-February, 2023; Volume 17, issue 3
Dear Reader, My social media intern recently sent me a text with an unmistakable degree of urgency. She stated that Chance the Rapper was trying to get in touch with me by Instagram message. “Who?” I replied. My assistant, being of the millennial generation, was not...
Personal Spirituality Betye Saar: Black Doll Blues
The dolls we grew up playing with weren’t just dolls—they were alter egos, surrogate friends and family, and sometimes even symbolic forces of the universe. In this beautifully designed book, Betye Saar: Black Doll Blues, we get a chance to look at Saar’s special...
SHOPTALK: LA Art News Hammer Remodel, Art Fairs and More
Hello, Good-Bye: New Year for Hammer Museum Was 2022 a blur? It feels like it went by very quickly, too quickly, as we transitioned into the New Normal. People have returned to indoor dining, theaters are open and museums and art fairs are back—though some museums...
A Few of Jeffrey Vallance’s Favorite Things
Jeffrey Vallance holds a unique position in the LA art world. A contemporary of Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Jim Shaw, et al, his work has had a comparable impact locally and internationally, while not transitioning to the industrial fabrication mode demanded by the...
CODE ORANGE January-February 2023 Winner & Finalists
Congratulations to our winner, Precious Aiyeloja and our finalists, Precious photo is seen above and first in our photo gallery in the January/February 2023 online edition of Artillery. The following photographs are the finalists. Please see the info below on how to...
POEMS "No One Leaves Me Like You Do" and "The Lugubrious Game"
No One Loves Me Like You Do A soft and rotten moment of loving you hits the pavement like seasonal fruit gone overripe. Skipping to the part where you leave a cigarette burning in my ashtray, I take out eyes swollen by another’s prying that pass through the mouth and...
COMICS Cab Calloway
Bubbly Show Solaire Culture Exhibition
The holiday season is upon us, so give yourself a treat and drop by the Veuve Clicquot exhibition “Solaire Culture” in Beverly Hills (through Nov 20). It's a fun and fascinating exhibition which gives us a glimpse into the life of Madame Clicquot, as well as how 10...
From the Editor November-December, 2022; Volume 17, issue 2
Dear Reader, This Women’s issue is not our first, but we welcome any opportunity to celebrate women artists, curators and dealers. Normally our November/December issue is our Interview issue, but in light of the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade, we made the decision to...
CODE ORANGE November/December Winner & Finalists
Congratulations to our winner Morgan Carhart and our finalists, Morgan's photo is seen above and first in our photo gallery in the November/December 2022 online edition of Artillery. The following photographs are the finalists. Please see the info below on how to...
SHOPTALK: LA Art News OCMA Redefined, Museum Highlights and Art Fairs and Anniversaries
OCMA Redefined with its New Space What a roller coaster we’ve been on these last three years.Hard to believe how the world shut down in March 2020, and now California’s Governor Gavin Newsom announces that our State of Emergency will be over next Feb. 28. The museums...
POEMS "Foreign Language Film" and "Reality (Slight Return)"
Foreign Language Film I dream of two strangers having sex. There’s a song on in the background, it’s not in English, I don’t know what language it is. This was the night after the night I cried into my wine at a fried chicken restaurant. It’s never the person, it’s...
COMICS This Eyeball Earth! feat. Margaret Keane and Walter Keane
From the Editor September-October, 2022; Volume 17, issue 1
Dear Reader, As I’ve been saying since the dawn of Artillery (16 years ago now): LA is the most vibrant art city in the country. This isn’t exactly a revelation, so why focus on LA—yet again—in this current issue? Because we felt it was worth revisiting the subject in...
SHOPTALK: LA Art News Aspen Art Week, Tom of Finland Fest, and more
Lonnie Holley Visits LA One of the best gallery shows this year was the self-taught artist Lonnie Holley’s solo show at Blum & Poe, and one of the hottest tickets was a recent Saturday afternoon talk between Holley and Jane Fonda. That may seem an odd pairing, but...
COMMENTARY: Stop Being Supportive
“Dictatorship in the arts, democracy in everything else.” —Dave Godin It might come as a shock to some young people but there was once a time when not every single person was an artist. People are always talking about “the role of the artist in the digital age,” as if...
POEMS "Poem April 3" and "Do It Again"
Poem April 3 The language you are now reading will be born tomorrow morning when the sun that resides in each one of us turns back into music. You and I will be in transit, as usual, rolling along the new roads, practicing our stories in case we’re asked about our...
