SFAQ Review: Visiting Paramount Ranch, Los Angeles. February 2014.
Tucked in Agora Hills, a meandering road leads way to this former Hollywood back lot. Since its inception in 1927, the versatile terrain of …
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SFAQ REVIEW: “Seeing Things Invisible” featuring works by Forrest Bess at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
Forrest Bess died as he lived, in virtual solitude with his artistic struggle as his companion. For the first time in over twenty years …
Review: “The Mutant and the Melody” solo exhibition by Joel Dean at Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles.
As a spectator entering a gallery or museum, anticipation of aesthetic elation is internalized. Once upon these works, viewing an interesting something or other …
Review: “Haptic Translations” group show at OHWOW gallery, Los Angeles
Haptic –as a direct translation- refers to any one country or region’s customary greeting (think, handshake or double cheek peck). When a secondary …
Vishal Jugdeo‘s “That Thing That Precedes The You” at Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles
On view through August 3rd at Thomas Solomon Gallery is Vishal Jugdeo‘s “That Thing That Precedes The You.” This latest solo venture from 2012’s “Made …
Matthias Merkel Hess’s “Anvils” at Acme Gallery, Los Angeles
When one thinks of this object, operated in its originally intended, utilitarian manner, a picture begins to form in the minds eye. A strong-armed …
“Exorcism: New Drawings and Paintings by Erik Foss” at Paul Loya Gallery, Los Angeles
“Exorcism: New Drawings and Paintings by Erik Foss” currently on view at Paul Loya Gallery, has nothing to do with a crucifix wielder, battling …
“JJJJound Correspondence” at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Los Angeles
JJJJound, the scarcely worded, image based blog founded by Justin R. Saunders in 2006, is an internet treasure trove of the hip, off …
Urs Fischer’s Retrospective at MOCA, Los Angeles (two locations)
After having visited this exhibition vicariously via social media for a few weeks, expectations formulated. Angular visions of rain, clay creations both miniscule …
“Honeymoon Phase” by Kelsey Bennett at DRKRM, Los Angeles
“Honeymoon Phase,” is the first West Coast outing for New York based, critically praised photographer, Kelsey Bennett. Up now through June 1st at DRKRM Los …
“Medium Earth” at REDCAT, Los Angeles
A drone so steady and opaque it becomes the sound of amplified silence, opens The Otolith Group’s “’Medium Earth.” A mundane parking structure (location: …
Anna Sew Hoy’s “Home Office” at Various Small Fires, Los Angeles
In Auckland native/Los Angeles transplant, Anna Sew Hoy’s “Home Office,” a strikingly personal glimpse into the environment of an artist is articulated. Spanning throughout …
“Black & White” at New Image Art, Los Angeles
On going Group show, “Black & White” at New Image Art is characterized as a, “celebration of absence of color.” Collectively, yet with distinction, …
“Cleaning” performance at Human Resources, Los Angeles
Human Resources is continually marveled as, a spatially impressive cube tucked into Chinatown, Los Angeles. Its eclectically diverse roster gives way to experiences that …
Nick Van Woert at OHWOW, Los Angeles
At the opening night of Nick Van Woert’s solo exhibition “No Man’s Land” at OHWOW Gallery, Los Angeles, it was whispered that the subject’s …