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Weapons of Mass Delusions at Grand Central Art Center

In the 1960’s a woman was stabbed to death in front of an apartment building in Queens.  The crime was witnessed by tenants of the building, none of whom helped the woman.  It is this story that inspired Laurie Lipton to draw her triptych Watching. Two days after hearing Laurie Lipton repeat this story in conjunction with her artwork, I read about a homeless man, in Queens, was stabbed to death trying to help a woman attacked by her male companion: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_dying_and_ignored . Surveillance cameras...

my bulb finally bloomed, spring has officially sprung! ...

I Missed It

 image from the OCRegister.com  http://www.ocregister.com/news/shirt-244809-shirts-sexual.html While I was reading this article from the OC Register I put my sandals on and made up my mind to walk to school to see this.  It was too late.  The 700 t-shirts, emblazoned with messages of horror, anger and hope from survivors of sexual violence had been taken down. This exhibit/installation called The Clothesline Project is organized by Community Service Programs Inc. Orange County to bring attention to victims of sexually violent crimes and coincides with Sexual Assault Awareness...

What’s in a Name?

In grad school I curated an exhibition with a woman who got married three weeks before the opening.   I remember a conversation we had in her car, on our way to a studio visit, where she told me her father asked if she was taking her husband’s name.  He was versed enough in the art business to know keeping maiden names, or hyphenating surnames, was a common professional practice for women; this helps to establish and maintain continuity throughout one’s career, linking previous successes with...

Korean Art Show – NYC

Last month I made the journey to NYC to check out the Armory Show and all of the concurrent art shows, in addition to the big museum shows.  While there I visited the Independent, the Korean Art Show, Volta, Scope, Verge, Dutch Art Now and Pulse.  My favorite South African artist William Kentridge was in town to kick off his retrospective at the MOMA - NYC and the opera "The Nose" at the Met Opera house.  Yes, I did score one ticket at the last...

Paper Vernalia: Sculptural Drawings of Leigh Salgado- Saturday Night March 20th

The Box contemporary art gallery presents the work of artist Leigh Salgado. This collection of original mixed media work will open at the Costa Mesa gallery on Saturday March 20, 2010, from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM. The exhibition will run through Friday, April 30, 201The Box gallery and Leigh Salgado unveilth e diaphanous Spring with Paper Vernalia: The Sculptural Drawings of Leigh Salgado. Salgado’s sculptural drawings intimate the changing of the season with a fresh perspective in both the subjects and medium of her...

OsCene 2010

Yeah I'm a little slow on this one because of technical difficulties (I didn't pay my blog bill...

Homegrown @ The Camp – This Friday

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Top Ten Lies Told To Beginning Artists, Designers, & Illustrators

“Do this one cheap (or free) and we’ll make it up on the next one.” “We never pay a cent until we see the final product.” “Do this for us and you’ll get great exposure! The jobs will just pour in!” On looking at sketches or concepts: “Well, we aren’t sure if we want to use you yet, but leave your material here so I can talk to my partner/investor/wife/clergy.” “Well, the job isn’t CANCELLED, just delayed. Keep the account open and we’ll continue in a month or two.” “Contract? We don’t...

Keep Criticism Alive!

Hey budding Tyler Green's! Or...

Art Party @ Hibbleton Gallery – Jan 8th

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In Case You Missed It!

  In case you missed Instant Gratification last September at the Hibbleton Gallery, ISM  has expanded its celebration of the iconic Polaroid 600 series film and moved it to Copro Gallery at Bergamot Station.  Instant Gratification: Los Angeles is for one night only: Saturday, January 9, 2010 from 7:00pm-11:00pm.  Afterwards, beginning Sunday, work begins on the limited edition book, supplementing the exhibition with images and essays.  More than 200 artists submitted images, the amount of international polaroids has doubled, the art will be accompanied by live...

Coming Soon!! Finishing School in OsCene

Finishing School is working on a new project combining Laguna, Venice and many participants.  Check out Laguna Art Museum's blog for more info: http://lagunaartmuseum.blogspot.com/  ...

CALL FOR ENTRIES!!

The City of Brea Art Gallery has a call for entries for Made in California.  This exhibition will be juried by Grace Kook-Anderson, curator atLaguna Art Museum, with monetary awards from $500-$100.  All artwork must be from the past two years and cannot be craft or functional.  Acceptable media include: oil, watercolor, acrylic,  drawings, mixed media, graphics, photography, video and sculpture (sculpture must weigh less than 50 lbs.)A $15 entry fee is required for each artwork.  To submit work for consideration the gallery requires: Check or money order payable...

Now Showing! Alex Grey at OCC

  I do not know why I bother posting images.  Any picture I have seen has not done Alex Grey’s work justice.  Grey is far more than the commercial, psychedelic artist he may appear to be; he is a master figure painter, educated anatomist, and a perfectionist-he was touching up one of his paintings during the opening reception.  And, yes, he did the album cover for Tool’s 10,000 Days. The Art of Alex Grey at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion at Orange Coast College showcases...

Opening This Weekend: What’s The Rush?

  Fifty years ago designers Charles and Ray Eames assembled 22,000 images of common objects for Glimpses of the U.S.A., a film presented at the American National Exhibition in Moscow.  Despite any language barriers among the international audience, Glimpses of the U.S.A. successfully illustrated a thriving, post-war America because of the universality of the objects being shown. What’s The Rush? Topics On Convenience assembles an international group of artists who also draw inspiration from common objects.  Visually, their work is reminiscent of the emerging pop...

Janice Lowry Gothold – RIP

Gustavo Arellano has a nice post remembering Janice Lowry Gothold at the OC Weekly. Janice was an exceptional artist who was based in Santa Ana and will be missed. Rumor has it that there is a book project detailing Janice's work in development at Grand Central Press. Stay tuned. ...