This is a reminder post that after you go to the Office opening this Saturday night we also have something for you to do on Sunday. Come on over and meet my crazy in-laws, I know you want to. It looks like this ongoing project by FS has been curated into a show by Meg Cranston that will open at the Riverside Museum sometime in the spring. So you might even have a chance to see yourself documented on a museum wall...
Tired of hearing about John Waters yet?? Last one I promise. The LA Times went to the opening party. ...
Mark your calendars!! This Saturday night is the opening for Carrie Yury who will be showing a new series of work created for The Office dealing with plastic surgery and the search for perfection in obsessed Southern California. You might remember Carrie from the last California Biennial where she was part of Mads Lynnerup's band Fashion Island. She has lots of skills.. The Office will also feature French artist Amandine Piomelli in the project room where she'll be showing recent work from her Imaginary Biology...
Unfortunately I won't be attending the opening party for the John Waters show at OCMA because of an annual Halloween party I attend every year but I have to admit all this John Waters talk has inspired this years costume. Lab Coat. Check! Fake Poo. Check! Brown Makeup. Check! This is going to get messy...
Rebecca Schoenkopf gets an early look at the upcoming John Waters OCMA show and writes about it here. ...
Looks like OC has decided to get its public art groove on. Maybe some competition going on here? First Maya Lin at UCI and now tomorrow the Orange County Performing Arts Center will announce that it has commissioned Richard Serra to do his thing in the OC. Actually this is exciting to me. We are hitting the map so to speak. The LA Times has the whole story. ...
Go Ahead. Make a little visit to Marfa's Open House. Via Glasstire ...
Artforum does Frieze. And thinks LA makes a good showing. ...
Jit Fong Chin at Squeeze OC nabs a pre show interview with John Waters. Good read. ...
As a follow up to my John Waters @ OCMA post. I also wanted to let you know that running concurrently with that show will be the work of Swiss artist Fabrice Gygi. This show will run through March and it is open to the public starting on Sunday the 30th. Enjoy! The works of Swiss artist Fabrice Gygi take the form of site-specific installations, large-scale sculptures, and functional public structures that reference the often unnoticed architecture of authority in urban environments. Many of his...
Last year when we participated in artLA we had a booth next to Paul Kopeikin Gallery. So we got to spend the better part of the weekend hanging out with Paul. Both Mrs. OCArtBlog and I found him to be very friendly and funny. Unlike some insecure gallery people who will remain nameless. Anyway, I got an email from Paul about a benefit he is holding for his daughter's school and I feel compelled to spread the word. I'm sure there will be some quality photographs...
This afternoon is the official unveiling of the new Arts Plaza at UCI designed by Maya Lin. The LA Times made a visit and has the story here. ...
Man, La Dauphine has some kick ass foreign correspondents. This time she sends her help to give us all the details at the Frieze Art Fair. Watch out CNN. UPDATE: artnet makes a visit. ...
This Saturday night is the Opening party for the John Waters:Change of Life show that will run through Jan. 15th at OCMA. The party starts 8pm and costs $10 if you are not a member. I actually caught this show a year and a half back at The New Museum in NYC. It was great but I'm curious if they're going to edit it for the OC blue hairs. Do you think the butt-holes will still be included? I'll let you know. All the details for...
Mrs. OCArtBlog has decided it's time to get some new bedroom furniture (we have none) so this weekend I was required to do my husbandly duty and follow her around various furniture stores. Luckily one of our stops included Crystal Court at South Coast Plaza where OCMA has its new media satellite The Orange Lounge. I was able to view their new show Transfixed: New Media and the Body. The show includes artists like Cheryl Dunn, Tony Oursler and Yoshua Okon. But what I really...
