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 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″
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 [...]
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. Sarah Williams (link) Centralia Carwash, 2010 oil on board 24″ x 36″
Pick of the Week for May 3rd, 2012 There are three weeks left to visit Newport Beach and bask in the multifarious light of Richard Diebenkorn. The Venue is the Orange County Museum of Art. The exhibition is a remarkable concentration of the artist’s Ocean Park series. The opportunity is not to be missed. There [...]
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. Brad Ford Smith (link) Servings, 2011 six rapid prototype resin sculpture prints served on vintage Buffalo china 3″ x 3″x 1/2″
For some Elizabeth Peyton is an acquired taste. She has a remarkable skill set, an unapologetic desire for beauty and romance and a general retro sense of genre loyalty. These elements make her paintings and drawings a difficult proposition in a Fine Art landscape of “ism’s” and conceptual practice. The paintings are indeed lush. They [...]
In Wonderland at LACMA is the first exhibition dedicated to Surrealism as practiced by women artists. Featuring 47 artists from the U.S. and Mexico, the curators examine the relationship between Surrealism and the emergence of gender politics. Previous Surrealist surveys excluded or minimized the role of female artists. While I acknowledge the monumental significance of [...]
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. Paul Booker (link) Balloon Form Spiral #2, 2009 ink, Lexan, steel pins 7″ x 9″x 11″
–Ellsworth Kelly at Matthew Marks, LA and LACMA– Ellsworth Kelly’s stunning show at the newly minted Matthew Marks Gallery in Los Angeles is sublime. Flat color and form dance on the walls with natural light bathing the space like a Bonnard Nude. The Gallery facade itself is a work of art by Kelly proving art [...]
