A grotesque feeling of excitement and misery shivers through me whenever I encounter Mika Rottenberg’s work. Her stories of monstrous mechanisms of hypercapitalism are infused with a queasy comedy that reminds me of Julia Kristeva’s “laughter of the apocalypse”...
This interview with Amir Zaki was conducted on September 16, 2019, in advance of his exhibition "Empty Vessel" at Orange Coast College's Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion from Sept. 19–Dec. 5, 2019. Christopher Michno: "Formal Matter," the last body of work your exhibited...
A slew of movies has been pent up during the pandemic, either from delayed productions or distribution plans, or both. Now the floodgates are opening, and some of the films are very good. In this new column, I’m going to make recommendations for your movie-viewing...
A pair of exhibitions each in their own manner engage with formula and intuition. In Portraits: Invented Subjects and Divergent Styles, 90 works (all acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches, 2015-22) by Nathan Redwood form a tight procession flanking the walls in grids and...
Lethal Amounts in Downtown LA is well known in the underground scene for being a venue which supports alternative music and outsider artists. This unconventional venue is the locale for Emma Ruth Rundle’s first solo show entitled Dowsing Voice. Rundle is originally...
Octavia E. Butler's speculative fictional imagining of Los Angeles seems to inch closer and closer to nonfiction as our apocalyptic reality grows louder and hotter by the day. At REDCAT, the exhibition of new work by American Artist shows how Butler’s words are so...
Zachary Heath Stadel passed away on Thursday, April 22, 2022, in Alhambra, California; he was 43. A memorial exhibition on Saturday June 18, from 5-8:00 PM. at 530 North Western, Los Angeles, CA, 90004. Proceeds from the sales of Zack’s artwork will go to the JED...
Artist, critic, producer, writer and performer Jacki Apple, born in New York in 1941, died at her home in Culver City, CA on June 8, 2022, surrounded by white flowers and listening to the music of Meredith Monk, a friend and colleague. Her work encompassed multi-media...
Cold sheets of perforated metal gnaw quietly at severed plaster limbs inside Matthew Brown’s La Brea gallery. Despite the unsettling horrors this description might conjure, Jeffrey Meris’ exhibition, "be ever wonderful," is deceptively healing and hopeful. A series...
The tradition of organic and biomorphic form sculpture is one of the most singularly important in modern and contemporary art. Stretching all the way back to the undulating serpentine forms of the Läocoon, the tradition really took off in the early 20th century in the...
Every so often I make it a point to see plays that I’ve seen before – plays I thought terrific or felt could have been done better. In the latter case, when the play is done better, it’s an especial joy. This is the case with the current Sierra Madre Playhouse...
As my feet touch the terrain of compact, glittering soil that covers the floor of the Hammer Projects space, it feels as if I’m stepping into another realm, another planet even. Kiyan Williams’ solo exhibition, "Between Starshine and Clay," curated by Erin...
CODE ORANGE: THE EXHIBIT. A Curatorial Project by Laura London JUNE 11–JULY 9 OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 5-7 ROBERT BERMAN GALLERY Bergamot Station Arts Center CODE ORANGE is an Artillery column conceived in 2016, the year Trump got elected. It is designed...
The creation of Black superheroes in Marvel Comics during the Silver Age (comics published from 1956–1970) and Bronze Age (comics published from 1970–1984) has consistently been the exception and not the rule. There was Black Panther (1966), Blade (1973) and Monica...
Hallelujah! The queen of everything has finally arrived! Never before has the church social been abuzz with so much excitement and activity, and this year Hallelujah Hot Pink is in charge of the punch bowl, which she repeatedly spiked with Cristalino Tequila when no...
Fawn Rogers' exhibition "Your Perfect Plastic Heart" at Wilding Cran Gallery presents a series of paintings depicting oysters and their gooey erotic membranes. At first glance, these works struck me as a cross between Marylin Minter and Chloe Wise–glittery...
Three fine solo shows of paintings offer personal perspectives as unique as the artists who created them: Laura Krifka, Evita Tezeno, and Nancy Evans. Krifka’s “Still Point,” is a beautiful tribute to light, the human body, and the human heart. With domestic settings...
Vibrant matter dances and pulsates in vortical pools and currents. Artist Kevin Beasley petrifies matter in states of motion, submerging and emerging materials form dynamic topographies that embody personal and collective histories and significations. I remember my...
Subscribe to our weekly Gallery Rounds Newsletter for new Reviews, Art opps, Art Events, & More every week!