It looks like the group to the North known as Fecal Face are starting to have a little influence down here judging by the look of two new sites: The folks at Subject Matter Gallery have updated their site and have added a little blog component. And Via Subject Matter I discovered this new site that promises to deliver all the latest news and events for LA's underground art scene. ...
(not me) Sorry for the light posting the last couple of days, work has been busy and I made my first final table in a poker tourney (4th place, $1,200 Hooray!). Anyway, Here's a run down of some recent art stuff in the OC. Keep it safe out there: This week Rebecca Schoenkopf gives us a tour of some of the OC's public art hot spots and her take on graffiti. Liz Goldner at the OC Metro gives us a run down on Aimee Greenberg's newest performance...
Tyler over at MAN was musing earlier about his favorite painting in America and his favorite American painting so I thought I would throw in my two cents...
In case you were wondering if we have hit the peak of this current art market bubble. I offer this as evidence. Via Boing Boing. They ain't gonna make a monkey out me...
Well it seems local artist collective and Office alumni Finishing School's latest project Delocator has been stirring up a lot of interest in the press. Mentions have been included in the NY Times, Chicago Tribune, SF Examiner and USA Today. All the links can be found here. ...
Posting will be light until next week. The OC Art Blog is Miami bound. Who knows, maybe some Jesus Toast will end up in the Rubell Family Collection. ;) ...
Is the Government the best organization to be doing our arts funding. Did anybody notice the downsizing of the Arts Council budget, other than a few art bureaucrats? Do we really need a new tax in California? Discuss amongst yourselves. Via AJ: A New California Arts Tax? A member of the California state assembly proposes a dedicated tax to support the arts. "The bill calls for imposing a 1% surcharge on arts and entertainment admissions — a dime for a $10 movie ticket, about 53 cents for...
Well I've been called out by Jessica over at Insurgent Muse to participate in the Caesar's Bath meme going around. The deal is you list five things that people in your circle of friends or peer group are wild about, but you can't really understand the fuss over. To use the words of Caesar (from History of the World, Part I), "Nice, Nice. Not thrilling...
Rumor has it a London based art fair organizer has quietly been contacting San Francisco galleries about the possibility of holding an art fair in SF in June. Rumor has it they're almost committed. Rumor has it that it could be these guys. ...
Following FTF's lead I did a little housekeeping this morning. I've consolidated my blogroll with most of the sites I view regularly. I did away with the artist website section (don't want to have to say no) and have added a section for more OC Centric blogs. Hope you continue to come back. ...
Via Barry at Bloggy it seems one of my old faves (dating myself) Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs has gone back to painting. On a kinda non-art related post but keeping with the music theme Peter Case formerly of The Nerves and The Plimsouls and Grammy nominated as a solo artist will be at the Blue Cafe tonight. I mention this because I'm a closet guitar player and I took his songwriting workshop and he is one cool guy...
Congratulations to Huntington Beach native Steven Baldi for being recognized by Art Review Magazine as one of their top 25 emerging artists. Art Review also does a little piece on LA/SF and our slacker art...
I'm happy to report that Office alumni Michele Jaquis has been chosen as the Diva of the Month over at United Divas. If you be a creative women of any kind you should go check out all the offerings at their site and get your community on. Enjoy. ...
This is scary and hilarious all at the same time. The fall out should be interesting. ...
The LA Times covers the closing of Santa Ana's Legacy Art Gallery and the locals reaction here. I wrote about the troubles in Santa Ana here. ...
For those interested. Mr. & Mrs. OC Art Blog at artLA. Now say hi to us when you see us. ...
Thought I would introduce you all to some OC centric blog sites that I have discovered recently. It seems the OC is starting to get online in mass. Enjoy. Politics: The OC Blog Music: Radar Orange (The OC Weekly's new music blog.) Observational: FOC (Dean is a friend of mine..even though he's a Dodger fan.) Politics/History/Pop Culture: The Fez The OC Register's blog. Skater Girl: OC Hairball Design & Stuff: BootyKika From the Corner Office: The Window Manager More to come. I'm sure you'll notice that most of the political sites lean a little...
