Made in L.A.: First LA Biennial Opens June 2, Venice Beach Biennial Coming in July
The first Los Angeles biennial, Made in L.A. 2012, organized by the Hammer Museum in collaboration with LAXART, will be presented at the Hammer, LAXART, and the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park beginning June 2. The exhibition will debut new installations, videos, films, sculptures, performances by 60 emerging [...]
South African President Zuma, Goodman Gallery Settle Lawsuit As Painting Is Removed From Show
Gallery director Liza Essers and ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu Photo: Stephane de Sakutin / AFP/Getty Images Goodman gallery in Johannesburg has been under fire from the South African government for exhibiting an unflattering nude portrait of the country’s president, Jacob Zuma; the white artist and gallerist saw it as political satire, the African National Congress [...]
Seven Most Annoying Misconceptions About LA
Los Angeles is the most misunderstood city in the United States. LA stereotypes abound, most of them quite negative, and everyone somehow thinks they know all about this place—even the ones who have never visited. This can be blamed at least in part on the Hollywood phenomenon—images of LA get beamed into theaters and living [...]
Richard Prince Copyright Infringement Case Update: Appeal Outcome Uncertain
Arch-appropriator Richard Prince’s lawyers are fending off a lawsuit from photographer Patrick Cariou, whose images of Rastafarians served as the basis for Prince’s Canal Zone series of works. Last year Prince’s works were judged to be infringing on Cariou’s, and unsold Prince paintings could potentially have been ordered destroyed. Prince’s appeal of the ruling was [...]
5 from 1: Robert Jessup
5 from 1 presents the work of one artist in conversation with five sources that are driving their studio practice. The rest is up to you. Robert Jessup (link) Landscape with Two Figures, 2012 oil on canvas 60″ x 66″
Alexander Calder at L & M Arts
Pick of the Week for May 21st, 2012 Alexander Calder is essential. A wonderful exhibition at L & M Arts in Venice handsomely makes the case for Calder’s continuing relevance, both historically and contemporaneously. Here then, a couple of reasons for Calder’s imminence and the urgency to witness, first hand at L & M, the [...]
Jeff Williams wins $30K AMOA-Arthouse Texas Prize
Thickly Settled (detail view), as seen at LA><ART in 2007. Congratulations to Austin-based artist Jeff Williams, winner of this year’s $30,000 Texas Prize!! CA audiences will perhaps be most familiar with Jeff’s dust-encrusted miniblind sculptures from a few years ago (as seen at LA><ART). More recently he created stressed concrete sculptures for a 2011 Artpace residency. [...]
Kirk Demarais at Gallery 1988-Venice
Pick of the week for May 14th, 2012 Every so often you stumble upon something fresh which blows the cobwebs of pretension off your eyelids. Such was the effect seeing the colored pencil drawings of Kirk Demarais at Gallery 1988 in Venice. The artist has carved an amusing little paradigm for himself. From the treasure [...]
5 from 1: Sasha Koozel Reibstein
5 from 1 presents the work of one artist in conversation with five sources that are driving their studio practice. The rest is up to you. Sasha Koozel Reibstein (link) Hard-Wired, 2011 ceramic, rubber turniquet 6″ x 9″ x 9″
Carroll Dunham at Blum and Poe
Pick of the Week for May 7th, 2012–Penises and Pussies, OH MY! The Carroll Dunham Drawing retrospective currently on exhibit at Blum and Poe is an uncommon pleasure. Just under 400 drawings, ranging in size from 3 x 4 inches to 16 x 20 inches, fill the second floor galleries with bravado, perspicacity and balls. To [...]
