Through the Orange Groves: Fallen Fruit’s Curatorial Investigation EATLACMA Transforms the Museum Space into a Site of Performance, Inquiry, and Solution Once the site of lush orange groves, prosperous agriculture, and vast landscapes of fertile soil, Los Angeles quickly changed from a locale rich in fruitful bounty to a concrete jungle with disparate foliage and [...]

The recent work of Raimonds Staprans continues his exploration of quotidian architecture. He abstracts those forms with explosive color choices. “Dark Still Life with Two Glasses” meditates on Staprans’ style of delineating strict order in compositions and creating multiple spaces on the canvas with thick lines. Two glasses positioned at the far left end of [...]

“Warhol and Mao” at Fabien Fryns Fine Art is the first West Coast solo show for Chinese artist Zeng Fanzhi.  While it may seem to draw comparison between pop art master Andy Warhol and Fanzhi it does the very opposite.  An intimate body of work consisting of two “Warhol” and 3 “Mao” portraits, the expressive [...]

Duncan Miller Gallery has created a new pop up space in Santa Monica called Duncan Miller Projects.  I was asked to write the press release for their first show. Robert Buelteman and Daniel Wheeler “Department of Water and Power” A Dialogue of Nature as Transmitted Through Unexpected Elements Duncan Miller: Projects is pleased to announce [...]

In his first solo show in Los Angeles “Black Tie, White Noise” John Andolsek presents an unconventional manner of viewing imagery that has long allured the imagination of Western culture such as currency, corporate logos, cellophane American flags, and John F. Kennedy.  While the acquisition of wealth, power, and political gain lie at the crux [...]

Los Angeles is an urban center coiled in a web of illusion.  The quotidian often seems surreal while the reality of an ailing economy and the barrage of “for sale” signs plastered over the doors of longtime businesses feels more like an apocalyptic film than real life.  Founder of West of Rome Public Art Emi [...]

It’s rather curious pairing singer/songwriters Ray LaMontagne and David Gray to share a night at the Greek Theatre.   LaMontagne’s acoustic driven compositions are bolstered by a four piece band including a lap steel whose dissonant progressions further enhance LaMontagne’s lucid prose uttered from a raspy, soulful whisper that envelops you in a warm blanket like [...]

Los Angeles sculptor Aaron Curry’s solo exhibition “Two Sheets Thick” wages a visual tug-of-war inside David Kordansky’s gallery space. Anthropomorphic three-dimensional neon powder-coated aluminum sculptures cut out like misshapen jigsaw puzzle pieces seem flattened thanks to their proximity to crudely rendered cardboard collages of silkscreen and spray paint. The leaning elements, as in 2+1, reinforce [...]