Los Angeles Art Shows- “Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting” at LACMA

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Mar 222015
 

Today (3/23) is the last day to see Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting at LACMA.

From the press release:

In an attention-compromised age when images are instant and prevalent, abstract painting serves as a contradiction, acting as a conduit for the mark of the original, individual artist. While most of the work in the exhibition has been recently created and acquired, additional paintings culled from LACMA’s collection illustrate how artists have reanimated techniques and forms using other sources that are appropriated from popular culture, photography, and collage, essentially creating a new variation of abstract painting.

It’s also a good day to visit LACMA because they are having a full day of  activities and performances to celebrate Nowruz, the Iranian New Year and the first day of spring.

Los Angeles Art Shows- Sam Falls at Hannah Hoffman Gallery and Other Hollywood Art Shows

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Oct 102014
 

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The paintings in Sam Falls’ current exhibition at Hannah Hoffman Gallery are created by taking local vegetation, adding pigments and letting the elements, including rain form silhouettes on the canvas. The results are striking, especially the larger canvases. This show continues through 10/25.

The area on and around Highland Avenue between Fountain and Melrose is a great place to check out art. If you are there this weekend, these exhibitions are also worth a look:

Doug Aitken at Regen Projects (closing 10/11)

Hannah Hummel at Diane Rosenstein Fine Arts (closing 10/11)

Lisa Anne Auerbach at Gavlak Gallery (closing 10/18)

Also in the area- Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra’s mural is between Fountain and Lexington on Highland.

(image via Hannah Hoffman Gallery)

Los Angeles Art Shows- Gianni Arone and Cecilia Romero at Stone Malone Gallery

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Apr 162014
 

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Currently at Stone Malone Gallery on Melrose, two well known Los Angeles street artists, Gianni Arone and Cecilia Romero are showing their work.  Arone’s work (seen above) is a combination of writing, sculpture, painting and assemblage, while Romero’s paintings are brightly colored and filled with energy.

This show closes on 4/16.

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- 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.

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