This Saturday enView Gallery will be opening a show by artist Emily Counts. The opening will run from 7-10pm and the 4th Saturday artwalk will be going on in the East Village so go check that out too. I'm sure open will be up to something. ...
Thank you to everybody who came out to support Adam and the space. Fun was had by all and we both appreciate your support. As usual bad photos follow: Adam Rompel Art Anybody recognize this guy? Lucy H.G., Christine Morla & Eric Smail. Lucy and her Imaginary Scientists will be the next show at the office. OCMA Op's man & new surfing partner Brian Boyer taking a break from getting ready for the Cal. Biennial. Ed Giardina chatting with Susan Joyce of...
Adam Rompel's show at The Office opens tomorrow night. The opening runs from 6-9pm and I hope to see you all there. ...
In keeping with the University gallery theme, this Thursday is the opening of The Greenhouse Effect Featuring Devon Tsuno (image), Gwen Pool and Justin Dahlberg at Whittier College's Greenleaf Gallery. The show opens on Thursday at 7pm and will run until the 25th. Have fun! ...
Ran up to Santa Monica tonight to catch Mark Dutcher's show at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The show looked great! It was a really nice to see his work with one of his greatest influences, Philip Guston. It was also nice to see a good OC turn out up north. I'm sure I'll have more to show tomorrow night but here's some bad photos from tonight: The Crowd Dutcher Dutcher Dutcher Dutcher Guston Guston Dutcher Mrs. OCArtBlog with painter Sherie' Franssen Artists Noah...
While LA looks to be having over 100+ openings this weekend it looks like OC is going to step up to the plate with...
In Case you were wondering the first show of the new season at The Office will be Transmundane Diversions Featuring Adam Rompel. The show will open on Sat. the 23rd and will run from 6-9pm. Mark your calendars. More later. ...
It's open season time and the OC Art Blog is here to save the day. Instead of going to Culver City and being bored with the same old, same old. This weekend you will have not only one but two chances to see one of the best painters in LA, Mr. Mark Dutcher. Friday night his show opens at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and on Saturday night his solo show opens at Solway Jones Gallery. Yes, this is your opportunity to say...
Ran over to Fullerton tonight to see Lucy Xuan Minh's show at 7 Muses. Great show in a great space. I'd heard about the 7 Muses space a little while back but this was my first time there. 7 Muses is a non-profit space that also offers affordable studio space for emerging artists. They're looking for artists to show so be sure to contact them and get your work hung. They're also holding a fundraiser on Sept. 16th so be sure to inquire how you...
This years artists are: Joe Biel, Jason Chakiavarty, Mindy Cheeri, Carleton Christy, Brad Coleman, Deborah Davidson, Doug Dorr, Andrew Fedak, Arie Galles, Joanna Grasso, Alvin Gregorio, Moira Hahn, Delvin Hanson, Tom Haviar, Christian Hill, James Hill, Jecca, Zac Keeler, Steve Klein, David Lee, The Legacy Project, Ron Leighton, James Lorigan, Janice Lowry, Diana Markessinis, David Milton, Jeffrey Netzer, Jeff Peters, Ann Phong, Amandine Piomelli, Matthew Price, Rick Rietveld, Dave Silva, Aimee Sones, R. Hong-An Truong, Richard Turner, Carrie Yury, Harvey's Original Seatbelt Bags. Congrats everybody! ...
Chris Here. Glad to have Orangeberg on board, hope you all have welcomed her. We are still looking for another writer or two for the blog so if interested please drop me a line. Back to business. This weekend is the opening of the second edition of the Greater LA MFA exhibition featuring MFA Candidates from many of our local art schools. Judging by the feedback I received about this years Supersonic. It looks like this is going to be the MFA show to go...
Still getting my vote as the Best Unknown Museum in the Country. The UCR/Calif. Museum of Photography does it again by bringing in Alec Soth and Lise Sarfati. Next Saturday is the opening and it will run from 7 to 9pm. Looks like I'll be making a trip to the 909 or 951 or whatever it is now. Image: Lise Sarfati ...
This Saturday is the opening of Organica at enView featuring artists Cirilo Domine, Robert Fontenot, Matt Lipps, Diana Markessinis and Jean Robison. The opening will run from 7-10pm. Hope to see you there. ...
It's been going on for awhile now, but in case you didn't know. The Orange Lounge is now featuring a few works by pioneering video artist Nam June Paik. The exhibit will run until Aug. 30th and also features a collaboration between Cory Archangel and Frankie Martin and a work by Paper Rad. Need to get over there soon...
This Saturday night Grassroots Growing in Concrete featuring Aaron Horkey, Tom Jackson, Aye Jay! and Kevin Boettcher opens at Subject Matter. Enjoy! ...
Natasha Caruana doing some show prep. Hope to see you all on Saturday night. Took a little lunch break and headed over to the Kurt Wold show at the HB Art Center. Kurt Wold Natasha Kurt Wold Kurt Wold Next stop Bodhi Tree for lunch mmmmm...
This Saturday The Office welcomes Natasha Caruana and her latest series Facing East. The opening will run from 6-9pm and I hope to see you all there! Natasha Caruana is a London based visual artist who works essentially with photography. Her work extends the practice of examining and preserving both cultural and social histories through an approach that often stems from personal experiences. Caruana produces work that pushes the boundaries of the documentary tradition of photography in a playful and imaginative way, but at the...
Last Saturday was the annual Tour Des Artistes in downtown Long Beach. Many props go out to Chloe Flores for putting together a great little fine art event. She had to do a lot of work. Nice job. Here's some photos of the event before I had to leave: 6am set up time. The finished product Artist Matthew Furmanski Furmanski's riff on McCracken. I was told McCracken surfed...
This Saturday is the opening reception for Catherine Opie's show at OCMA. The opening starts at 7pm and there will be an artist talk during the event. Squeeze OC has a little interview of Ms. Opie here. ...
