by Wendy on March 12, 2012
Feeling a little too low on energy to do our own art, we visited a couple of art openings. Started with Corey Helford Gallery who was featuring acrylic-on-wood panel paintings by Amy Sol. Soft colors with female figures and animals cast in dream like settings. Upstairs were new works by illustrator Tom Bagshaw. Dark and moody. The next artist reception was for Jim Houser at Lebasse projects. Had fun looking at all the mixed media installations. Whimsical and inspiring. Mark especially liked the music set up. Had a peek in the back room and found some beautiful paintings by the collaborative street artists Herakut. Check them out if you get a chance.
by Wendy on January 07, 2012
Saturday night found us hanging around Culver City art openings, along with a thousand other people. La Cienega Blvd. was mobbed. After an amazing meal at Brunello’s Trattoria, we pushed and shoved our way into a few galleries to see what was what. Had lots of fun with Robb Putnam‘s misfit dogs at the Walter Maciel Gallery. But neither of us enjoyed Jill Greenberg’s new photos of decapitated pigs and urinating chimps. Claustrophobia finally set in and we retreated home to the beach bungalo.
Wendy and "Dunderhead"
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Mutt Drawing
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Wendy and “Dunderhead”
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Jill Greenberg
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“A Plank For Every Pirate”
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Match Boxes “United States”
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Allison Sommers
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“The Queen”
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Ingrid Calame
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“From the LA River to Lackawanna”
One show of note was Ingrid Calame at Susanne Vielmetter Gallery. Her installation showcased HUGE color pencil drawings traced from the marks on streets and sidewalks. Most impressive was the 50 foot long wall drawing when you enter the gallery. Bravo Ingrid.
"From the LA River to Lackawanna"
Ingrid Calame
by marky on October 11, 2011
After my root canal, I decided to chill out in the A+D Museum. They had a special exhibit about Charles and Ray Eames. Wandered around reading their quotes about every day objects and the simple pleasures of daily life. My favorite was the Rye Bread and Swiss Cheese display.
by Wendy on October 09, 2011
Spent the weekend visiting a few friend’s exhibits. Saturday we went to Mike Stilke‘s curated show at LeBasse Projects called “The Future Is Not What It Used To Be”. He’d constructed one of his beautiful book installations near the entrance.
Another favorite of ours was Brian Dettmer‘s piece “Complete Book Of Marvels”.
Walking next door to Think Space Gallery we caught the tail end of a great show called “In The Wake Of Dreams”. Always a fan of Mari Inuki, especially her masked painting “We Are Not Who You Think We Are”.
Sunday we hopped over to the Beacon Arts Building to see new work from our friend Pontus. The last we’d heard from him he’d cut one of his fingers off. The prospect of seeing blood on his latest sculpture was too intriguing. Alas, although there was lots of broken glass, I was denied any gore. But we did love his new work!
Walking down to the other studios in the complex, we found a group show that had lots of surprises. Sound and video as well as big sculptural installations. Mark and I spent a good deal of time running around the space and admiring the work.
Most notable was a sound installation from Winter Jenssen.
by Wendy on September 25, 2011
Spent Saturday night running around art shows. First we visited Obsolete’s reception for sculptor Christina Bothwell and painter Marianne Kolb. Then chowed noddles on Sawtelle before attending the GR2 Robots Benefit Show.
by Wendy on September 01, 2011
Stopped into LA Louver on our walk back from a breakfast burrito. Yummy paintings by artist Jason Martin (another Saatchi find.)
by Wendy on August 31, 2011
Many thanks to LA Weekly’s Paul Bradley for mentioning our new art in his article, “The Hacker Artistry of Breaking Shit and Rebuilding it Better.”
