Author: OC Art Blog

This was probably the best thing going during the Santa Ana Artwalk last night. I was definitely bored with the artwalk this month. My friend and I was about to leave the area when I noticed a poster that said simply "art show" along with a red arrow pointing the way. Following it led me to a bar called Proof.Sam is the co-curator of a small show inside the bar. But when he said to me that there would be live musical performances I knew...

03 August, 2008 /

I think it is safe for me to say that Lamson is Finishing School's newest favorite artist. Head over to his website for more.--James ...

03 August, 2008 /

The OC Art Blog and The Hoff Foundation are in this months Arts Spotlight in Orange Coast Magazine. Check it. ...

02 August, 2008 /

I saw a similar t-shirt on sale at the Buffalo Exchange in Long Beach today. Man, if this does not explain what I do from day to day as an artist, I don't know what does.--James ...

01 August, 2008 /

Franz Keller is a VJ/ artist living in Claremont. The piece above, HAMMERHEAD, is currently up in the Bunny Gunner's 1st Birthday show in Pomona. Incidentally, there are quite a number of O.C. artists in that show. Try to go check it out while it's still up.--James ...

01 August, 2008 /

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. - Clement Greenberg ...

26 July, 2008 /

"What have I learned from my ordeal? I’ve learned that with tens of thousands of supporters, with hundreds of thousands of dollars, with one of the best legal teams in the US, with a crack media team, with a group of experienced fundraisers, with four years of one’s life, and with total innocence, sometimes one can slice off a piece of American justice. Which in the end means: The overwhelming majority of people ain’t gettin’ justice, and we have to keep fighting until they do." ...

26 July, 2008 /

The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists.. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little. — Banksy ...

26 July, 2008 /

Enid Baxter Blader, Local 909er (2008) I haven't visited Orange Lounge in awhile, so today I decided to head down to South Coast Plaza to see their show, Signals: A Video Showcase. Signals is a series of three thematic exhibitions that highlight OCMA's video art collection. Currently up is Wordplay, dealing with artists engaged with the written and spoken words.Part three of the exhibition will begin on July 26. Titled California Scenarios, it features videos by Jeremy Blake, Mungo Thomson, Nicole Antebi, Enid Baxter Blader, and...

20 July, 2008 /

It's that time again. This Saturday night the Santiago Art District will be hosting another art walk. There will be live bands and DJ's. Get out there and support your scene. ...

18 July, 2008 /

Mrs. OC Art Blog and I are currently in Seattle. Today we had a chance to walk through the Olympic Sculpture Park. I think we're in Seattle the one week a year it's sunny and 80 degrees, it's beautiful. The next few days will be spent at the SAM and the Henry and of course some gallery visits. Enjoy: ...

16 July, 2008 /

If you were at the opening of Ground Us at the Huntington Beach Art Center a couple of weeks ago, then you saw this performance for the P. Williams installation in the backroom. Pat finally got a rough cut of the video up on YouTube. He told me that he was going to put the installation back together so you may not currently see it in the disarray it is in this video. I have not gone back there to really check it out.--James ...

14 July, 2008 /

Since I have been given the permission to post things outside of the visual arts, I am going to test the water a bit here for my inaugural post. I will try not to veer too far from Orange County very much. But for this one we will visit our neighbors in Long Beach.So here is the rundown. The record store Fingerprints on Second Street is doing a free in-store performance with one of my favorite bands, The Submarines. I recently went to see...

14 July, 2008 /

Hello loyal OC Art Blog readers. I wanted to take moment and welcome a new blogger to this here site. James Rojsirivat is an artist/designer who also happens to be a member of the artist collective Finishing School. James is much younger than me and that means he has much more energy. So look forward to more gallery opening photos, more videos and even some treks across the orange curtain into LA. Rumor has it some stuff happens up there. Welcome James!! ...

14 July, 2008 /