For more work by Gabby Gonzales (aka GIRLBARF), check out her website.
Feb 202014
Feb 152014
Joshu Lucas– Nina with Constants (Image via Hinge Modern)
At Hinge Modern until Feb. 15th, Joshu Lucas combines science with art in his intricate paintings for Sub-Atomic Material Girls.
Feb 142014
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.
Jan 312014
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.
Jan 182014
Raul De La Torre
Raul De La Torre (close up)
John Randall Nelson
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.
Jan 032014
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.
Jan 022014
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.
Dec 312013
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.
Dec 212013
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.
Dec 212013
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.