Los Angeles Art Shows- Liz Larner at Regen Projects

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Feb 142014
 

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Liz Larner at Regen Projects

This is the final weekend (closes 2/15) for Liz Larner’s show at Regen Projects.

From the press release:

Regen Projects is pleased to present an exhibition of new sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Liz Larner.The exhibition brings together her recent navigations of geological poiesis, fissures, folds, curves, and reconfigurations, and includes wall-mounted ceramic slabs, a large stainless steel X sculpture, two paper-based planchette pieces, early photographs, and a new “culture” sculpture. Larner has shown at Regen Projects since 1989, and this presentation marks her seventh solo exhibition at the gallery.

Her earlier photos, taken near the pool at the Tropicana Motel in Los Angeles are located in the side gallery and are particularly worth noting. In one a jar containing guitar strings and water sits near people sunbathing. In another, a flask with a mix of liquors hovers near the pool. It’s an interesting juxtaposition, both the objects in the photos, and this series in comparison to her newer work.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Cat Art Show

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Jan 312014
 

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Michael Wolf– Cat

It’s the second and last weekend for the Cat Art Show. All the art is cat related and in a variety of mediums. Over 70 well known artists contributed work, including Shepard Fairey, Tracey Emin, Gary Baseman, FAILE, and Mercedes Helnwein. There is a beautiful piece by Nicholas Bowers, and if you are a Mighty Boosh fan, Noel Fielding also has a painting in the show.

All the artwork is for sale with a portion of the proceeds going to the Stray Cat Alliance of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Raul De La Torre and John Randall Nelson at Fresh Paint Gallery

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Jan 182014
 
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Raul De La Torre (close up)

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Raúl De La Torre and John Randall Nelson-“Poems & Affirmations”

Currently at Fresh Paint Gallery until 1/18, the works by both of these artists are vibrant and colorful with interesting details.

If you miss this show, Fresh Paint will also be at the LA Art Show, booth 936.

Los Angeles Art Shows- “Size Really Does Matter” at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

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Jan 032014
 
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Kent Twitchell– “Elizabeth”

LAMAG’s current show contains a wide range of works in various forms of media. If you are headed to Barnsdall Park, make sure to check it out. It closes this weekend on 1/5.

 

Los Angeles Art Shows-Karen Carson at Rosumund Felsen Gallery

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Jan 022014
 

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Karen Carson– Big Job (Case International Combine)

Karen Carson’s paintings of farm machines are dramatic, beautiful and at times, huge (the ones on unstretched canvas are between 9 and 12 ft high). Her current show at Rosumund Felsen Gallery, will have you looking at tractors in a whole new way. It is on view until Saturday, 1/4.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Mark Stock at Lora Schlesinger Gallery

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Dec 312013
 

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Mark Stock- “HOLLYWOOD: UNCOVERED”

Currently at Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Mark Stock’s show is built around a film noir-like story. Images of famous Hollywood figures are embedded in paintings of the Hollywood sign; a woman is seen digging up a mysterious box; and trompe l’oleil paintings of postcards and notes taped to chalkboards are on another wall of the gallery.

Mark Stock has his own connection to Hollywood- his paintings have appeared in films and he also created a poster for the Telluride film festival.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Jim Shaw at Blum & Poe

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Dec 212013
 

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From the press release-

Blum & Poe is very pleased to present our first solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist Jim Shaw. Spanning two decades and covering the entire gallery, Shaw’s fantastical, humorous, and psychologically laden explorations into esoteric, as well as popular, cultural phenomena coalesce to render a tale of Biblical proportion. Combing historic texts, artworks, comic books, and his dreams, Shaw’s flood of imagery is an essential tool in conveying his imagined histories and fables. Rivers, houses, and hair are but a few motifs repeated throughout the exhibition. Seemingly disparate, they mnemonically serve each other in depicting over-arching themes of fallen heroes, collapsed economies, concepts of sin, and general doomsday destruction.

This show closes 12/21.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Frank Ryan at Walter Maciel Gallery

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Dec 212013
 

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Frank Ryan– “Figure in a Tunnel” from Liminal View at Walter Maciel Gallery

From the press release:

In Liminal View, Ryan draws inspiration from a broader scope of the greater Los Angeles landscape accumulating an eclectic grouping of diaristic observations through the use of drawing, digital still and video images that serve as source material for his paintings. Ryan minimizes the expression of banality by laying the groundwork for an experience of the uncanny. In these moments, familiar subjects are perceived as foreign in the same way that a word will suddenly sound strange. Ryan explores how this inversion allows access to an existence beyond the visible order.

Really interesting paintings by this Los Angeles based artist, including two of the Second Street tunnel. The show is up until 12/21.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Jordi Alcaraz at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts

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Dec 212013
 

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Jordi Alcaraz- Ideas of Sculpture

The works in Altered States, Jordi Alcaraz’s current show at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, consistently challenge viewers perceptions. The glass frames surrounding drawings, paintings and sculptures are often broken or warped, where objects may have tried to get in or out. In others, it is the object itself that is being altered.  The works get more intriguing as you progress through the gallery.

The show closes 12/21/13.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Betye Saar at Roberts & Tilton

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Dec 132013
 

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From Betye Saar’s :The Alpha & Omega-The Beginning & The End 

Betye Saar’s installation at Roberts & Tilton contains many objects all coming together to contemplate time, identity, nature and the world around us.  Unlike her previous show at the gallery, Red Time, which challenged the viewer with both its imagery and the power of the color itself; The Alpha and Omega, creates a feeling of calm, both in its color palette of blues and grays but also in the objects chosen like clocks and ships.  In both shows, history is an important theme. This can be seen most clearly in The Challenges of Fate, a sculpture within the work, made up of a black bird perched on a cage housing a ship, which is above a globe resting on a glass box of bones, all set upon a stack of books.

Also at the gallery is Projections Part II: Film As Painting, curated by Aaron Rose. Multiple films by various artists are presented through different projections and monitor displays. The films are very different in content but work together to present the concept of film as not just film, but moving painting. There are thirteen films within the show and their creation dates range from the earliest, Len Lye’s A Colour Box (1935) to Rose’s own The Dress (2013). One standout is Marie Menken’s Go! Go! Go! (1962-4) a frantic speeding up of footage of life in the 1960’s in New York.

Both shows close tomorrow, 12/14.

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