OC Art Blog Tag

With the art world on lockdown, and with many of us desiring, even needing, to feed our art addictions, many visual and performing arts organizations throughout the OC are getting creative with how they remain relevant to the larger OC art scene. Luckily, many art organizations are offering opportunities for the public to still engage and enjoy art digitally, whether it be through live streaming, virtual tours, social media engagement, online art collection browsing, film screenings, videos of recorded performances, or through art-related lectures. This...

18 May, 2020 /

In the frostbitten daylight of Wexford, Ireland's lush landscapes, Yevgeniya Mikhailik woke to pieces of freshly baked sourdough bread and hot coffee. After she ate her breakfast, she walked over to the old barn that was converted into an art studio and draw for about four hours.  During this time in Ireland, her studio work was inspired by the vast evergreen scenery that surrounded the cow-house-turned-studio that was built in 1915. For one week, she basked in the rugged terrain and mangled forestry around her at the Cow House Studios...

11 May, 2020 /

Before the COVID-19 pandemic took our community by storm, a phenomenal exhibition featuring the iconic work of a fascinating artist was about to open up to the public in Fullerton. Sitting in silence, waiting for the dust to settle, the compelling environmentally-conscious artwork of Kim Abeles’ Smog Collectors series is expertly hung and patiently waiting its turn to show us what we’ve done to our world. “Kim Abeles: Smog Collectors, 1987-2020” was scheduled to open March 21 at the Begovich Gallery on the campus of CSU Fullerton. According to the Director...

27 April, 2020 /

Naida Osline’s photographic artwork is a manifestation of her vivid imagination. Her images depict her fascinations with underappreciated beauty, the subtle magic of everyday occurrences, surrealism in reality, and the magic of indigenous California flora and fauna. Osline’s work also delves into “themes of economic and cultural structures, community, identity, gender, aging and transformation, along with the mystical and natural worlds in tension with the human-built environment,” she explains to the OC Art Blog in an interview. To view her photos—many of them exhibited in OC...

20 April, 2020 /

I am in quarantine. Not sure how long this will last. And like many others, in an effort to find something to do that isn’t staring into one of the several glass screens in my home, I am thinking this would be a good time to clean my office. I mean really clean my office. According to Kyle Chayka’s recent release, The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism, a new survey of the minimalism of the moment, I may be suffering from an abstract desire for a different and simpler world that...

09 April, 2020 /

Waves of bright color undulated from the canvases that hung on the walls. Each piece carried an intonation of urban flair. Not one of the pieces resembled one another, but inside of the intimate enclosure that was the saltfineart gallery, they paid homage to the beauty of street art. Saltfineart gallery’s “Street – Art” exhibition was as bright as the turquoise-colored sea that was just a stone's throw away. Artist David Krovblit’s hand-cut collages were the first thing that caught my enamored affections. He exhibited three...

24 March, 2020 /

[caption id="attachment_4179" align="aligncenter" width="406" caption="Baldessari leaves MOCA board"][/caption] NEWS.  On Thursday, July 13, 2012, renowned artist, John Baldessari resigned from his post on the board of trustees at MOCA. Baldessari's exit is the fifth MOCA board member to leave since February. "His exit after 12 years is another signal that the old guard of L.A.'s contemporary art scene has grown disenchanted with its direction under Deitch," according to LA Times writer, Mike Boehm. Baldessari told LA Times that his reasons include the recent ousting of respected chief curator...

13 July, 2012 /

San Antonio, TX.  At the 2012 SSCA annual conference, this year held in The Alamo City, San Antonio, three Orange County writers were shocked and amazed by this fascinating and artistic city! Who would have thought that The Alamo City had good art! Ok, maybe Los Angeles and Orange County have warped my mind into forgetting about the other states outside of New York and California for art in America, but I stand corrected! Texas definitely has art. With a slew of public sculptures that brighten the...

17 April, 2012 /

  [caption id="attachment_2055" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Title wall"][/caption] In the art world's  recent obsession with Street Art, Pasadena Museum of California Art takes a closer look at the local level. This Street Art Exhibition is not MOCA's copy cat partner, though the buzz coming into the museum was all about that -- MOCA did it first, MOCA did it bigger, MOCA had the controversy, MOCA had the press. One thing that MOCA didn't have that PMCA did, was local flavor. In a place like Southern California, with perfect weather, beautiful...

15 May, 2011 /

The premiere event of "Art in the Streets" at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, with contributing writer Evan A. Senn -- of the OC Art Blog and R.A.R.W. ...

17 April, 2011 /

Fullerton, CA Last night, on Saturday evening I found myself walking into some sort of Wonderland that seemed as if it were on the other side of the looking glass...

20 March, 2011 /

HELLO NEW YEAR! What are you doing this first week of 2011? How about check out some art shows in the OC? Now, mark your calendars this Thursday and Saturday, because it will be filled with a night of art browsing, food, music, and lovely conversations. I hope to see you there!   Thursday, January 16th:  CULT OF THE RUIN: STRATEGIES OF ACCUMULATION Opening Reception: Thursday, January 6, 6-9 PM Show runs: January 6 - February 5, 2011 University of California, Irvine | UCI Art Gallery   712 Arts Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-2775      Saturday, January 8th:   D-Block...

03 January, 2011 /

Interested to have your artwork included in the Huntington Beach Art Center (HBAC)?  HBAC is looking for artwork submission (max. 2), and original art created no longer than two years ago, to be included in their non-juried exhibition: Centered on the Center.Delivery of work: Jan 7th- Jan 8th, 2011Exhibition date: Jan 21st - Feb 19th, 2011Centered on the Center, non-juried exhibitionHuntington Beach Art Center538 Main St,Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Click here to download a detailed brochure and guideline for the submission. I hope to see your...

25 November, 2010 /