The OC Art Blog was created in 2004 as a way to build community and promote the marginalized but dynamic Orange County art scene.

" In Today's art world, there is a large number of young artists receiving an extraordinary amount of attention and financial support compared to five ten years ago. There is a lot of criticism that this success is based on hype and that artists are overly ambitious, which I don't agree with." Janelle Reiring of Metro Pictures in The Art Dealers, written in 1984. "These days its not unusual for grad students to fret if a dealer hasn't picked them up yet, or for people still...

11 June, 2005 /

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 ...

11 June, 2005 /

I'm happy to report that the dynamic duo BULL.MILETIC who were part of the first show at The Office are the current critic's pick in Artforum. I'm also happy to report that it looks like I'll be seeing them next week because they will be down installing for a show at the Pasadena Museum of Art. Way to go guys! ...

10 June, 2005 /

Here are a few photo's from the Venice Biennale. More to come as I find em. Wish I was there...

10 June, 2005 /

In this week's edition Rebecca Schoenkopf visits the Brea Gallery and writes about it here. And Theo Douglas gives us a preview of the Tour de Artistes happening this weekend in Long Beach here. (that cover is awesome) ...

09 June, 2005 /

It's always nice to go home for lunch and have a present waiting for you. The Burtynsky came in. ...

09 June, 2005 /

This Saturday is the 8th annual Tour de Artistes in Long Beach. It goes from noon to 10pm and there will be art, poetry, music and anything else you can think of. All the info is here. ...

09 June, 2005 /

It seems China is all the rage these days in the contemporary art world but what about Vietnam?? Well you can find out this weekend. I had a chance to get a sneak peak at the Out Of Context show that will be opening this Friday at the Huntington Beach Art Center. The show looks great and the opening should not be missed. It opens this Friday from 7-9pm and on Saturday starting at 7pm there will be a couple of lectures and panels discussing...

08 June, 2005 /

Caryn at ABLA thinks that OCMA should host an LA Now show: I was on the Orange County Museum of Art's website last week and noticed that their next Califorina Biennial is scheduled for October 2006. It got me thinking that perhaps this would be the chance we've been looking -- encourage an institution who already has an exhibition in place to step it up a notch. The OCMA has had particularly strong programming lately and something of an Los Angeles "right now" focused show would...

07 June, 2005 /

This Thursday The Beall Center for Art + Technology will be hosting a little party called Boxed. Details Follow: Thursday, June 9, 2005, 6 - 9 p.m.Step inside the OP_ERA Sonic Dimension, an immersive and interactive music-box, to hear the beats of DJ Squarepants, DJ J Dub, and DJ M Kill as they mix and mash live. FREE and open to the public ...

07 June, 2005 /