It's 2nd Saturday so that means the LBC will be going on. Have fun out there. Details follow: Aragna Ker & Ariel Erestingcol will be at The Academy. The Incredible Shrinking Art Show opens at Koo's. And I'm pretty sure enView will be open for the artwalk so go catch Christine Nguyen. ...
Thought I'd take a break from getting ready for the Open House that's going to take place here in a couple of hours and post some bad photo's fom last nights opening. Thank you everybody for coming out and supporting your local alternative art space. It's much appreciated. It was a great show. Carrie Yury Amandine Piomelli Carrie Yury Carrie Yury Carrie Carrie Amandine Piomelli Amandine Amandine Artist Amy Robinson was there. You have one week to still catch her work at Mark Moore Gallery. ...
This Saturday night is going to be busy, lots to see and do. Details follow: First stop should be The Office to catch Carrie Yury and Amandine Piomelli. Then you can head off to Santa Ana and probably start with Tony Danza Gallery. You can't miss it. It'll be across the street from OCCCA and Robbie Miller will be out front drinking a beer. Speaking of OCCCA. They'll be opening the juried show Demise of Democracy. Sounds political. Then you should probably walk over to...
Thank you to everybody who showed up last night. We had another great turnout, I very much appreciate the support and so do the artists. Some photos from the show follow. Where's Waldo? Aragna Ker Aragna Ker Walpa D'Mark Walpa D'Mark Gustavo Herrera Gustavo Herrera ...
Attended the Out of Context show at the HB Art Center tonight. Great show, good crowd. Lots of blurry photo's follow: Art Center Curator Darlene DeAngelo Art Center Director Kate Hoffman Office Alumni Christine Nguyen and work Saigon TV Intv'ing Christine Ali Smith & Noah Thomas ...
Went to the Brea Gallery tonight to catch the opening of the Mediums show curated by Travis Collinson. The show is solid so if you have a chance go support your local scene. I also had a chance to meet Deborah Aschheim who you might remember was on my Top Ten list from last year, and of course my Naida Osline piece looked outstanding. Some photo's follow: Mediums Curator Travis Collinson Naida Osline Naida Osline "rolls" Naida Osline installation shot Deborah Aschheim and work Carlee...
Well folks, It's time for another opening at The Office. I hope to see you this Saturday from 6-9pm. Details follow: Noah Thomas-Veneer Veneer, a mixed media and sound installation by Noah Thomas transforms the Office, altering the gallery so that the viewer is challenged to consider how they encounter interior space. Walls curve in to meet the viewer, the floor buckles under their feet, wooden sculptures protrude from the walls and floor. As a visitor you'll explore scale shifts in abstracted architectural and landscape models....
Heads-Up! This Saturday the Orange Lounge opens a new show featuring Yucef Merhi and his Atari Poetry. Yucef Merhi: Poetic EngineeringOrange Loungemay 14 - aug 28, 2005 Poetry and electronic media merge in the Orange Lounge with Poetic Engineering, a solo exhibition of works by new media artist Yucef Merhi. Born in Venezuela, in 1977 and now based in New York, Merhi was trained in Caracas as both an artist and a poet. In his works, telephone lines, clocks, computer screens, and video game systems are...
I have to mention this because they were part of the inaugural exhibit at The Office. If you should happen to find yourself in Norway this Thursday please head on down to the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and check out the opening of Bull.Miletic's new video installation, "Sighting Unseen." More info about the project can be found here. ...
Mrs. OC Art Blog and I trekked on over to the Santa Ana Artists Village to catch the first Saturday openings. Fun was had by all. If you are in the area be sure to catch both the OCCCA show and the Mentor/Mentee show at Grand Central. Both are solid. I also ran over to SolArt Gallery for the first time. The vibe was good and I would have liked to stay longer for the music but Mrs. OC Art Blog needed to be...
Lot going on. If I missed anything let me know. keep it safe out there. Saturday Night Openings: Frank Gonzales at Scribble Theory Gallery. Michael Maas at Space on Spurgeon. "The Mother" curated by Cecilia Ortiz at SolArt Gallery. "Know False Paintings" at Subject Matter Gallery. (Now at The Lab) Kebe Fox, Stephen Anderson, Cheryl Ekstrom at OCCCA. Trans/Giving- Trans, Genderqueer, Intersex Art Series opens in Long Beach. Info Here. "Raw, Boiled and Cooked," "Resurrection III" and "Problems with Authority/ Mentor - Mentee" will be...
Well we celebrated our 2 year anniversary last night and man was it a blast. I would like to thank the Santa Ana Seven for putting on a great show and for all the artists, curators and art fans who have supported the space over the last two years. Here's to the next two! As for last night...
Fall of Empire: A Glass Installation by Einar and Jamex de la Torre Curated by John Leighton opens This Saturday at the Main Art Gallery at CSU Fullerton. Details Follow: April 12 through May 14, 2005 Opening Reception: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2005 http://www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/index.htm> Fall of Empire: A Glass Installation by Einar and Jamex de la Torre is an exhibition in two parts: a sampling of over 40 of the artists’ artworks from the past ten years and a site-specific installation that provides a humorous and, at...
I thought I would let you all know about a new space opening this weekend called enView Gallery. As you know, in our area it's important we support our new spaces. ...
Mrs. OC Art Blog and I hit a couple openings tonight that are highly recommended. First we made it over to the Laguna Art Museum for the Paul Paiement and Hidden Treasures opening and then caught the Detours show at the HB Art Center. I have to say both shows were great but the HB Art Center show was quite the hit. It was great to see a comprehensive show on artist collectives here on the west coast and in HB of all places. Mass MOCA has...
This weekend after you have made your appearence at the Hidden Treasures and Paul Paiement opening at the Laguna Art Museum and then travelled to the HB Art Center to catch the opening of Detours. I'm sure you'll be able to squeeze in a visit to North OC, otherwise known as Long Beach. First stop should be to Viento y Agua Gallery's 15 Minutes of Fame Film and Video Festival: The festival starts at 7PM sharp. Tickets at the door are $7 Saturday, March 12th...
I'm in Dallas but will be trying to post periodically. When we were in Paris late last year we caught a show at a new contemporary art space called the La Maison Rouge where they had rebuilt collectors living rooms, bedrooms ,and bathrooms and re-hung their collections just as they had them at home. It was a great exhibit, you should see some of the great art work people hang in their bathrooms. Anyway, this weekend is an opening I will definitely be attending. The Laguna Art...
Unfortunately I didn't make it to The OsCene, something about getting stuck in San Diego, so I don't have any pictures but I did have a chance to run by the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana and was able to see two very good shows. If you get a chance be sure to get over to GCAC and see the Rosemary Covey and Kit Kube shows currently running. Rosemary Covey is showing a series of wood engraving/printmaking light boxes that are great and...
Sorry for the double post but I just received notice that Kim McCarty is opening a show this Friday night at The Pasadena Museum of California Art called Liquid Los Angeles- Currents of Contemporary watercolor painting. Info Follows: Artists: Judie Bamber, Delia Brown, Carolyn Castaño, Cindy Craig, Shane Guffogg, Portia Hein, David Hockney, Kim McCarty, Monica Majoli, Aaron Morse, Laura Owens, Renée Petropoulos, and Sam Watters. "Liquid Los Angeles" will be held at the Pasadena Museum of California Art from February 26 through May 1, 2005.Pasadena...
