Brian Sholis does L.A. and I understand every word. Well almost...."tessellated"?? It wouldn't be Sholis without at least one. Thanks for showing L.A. some love.
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OC Weekly Review of Ulteriora @ The Office
Rebecca Schoenkopf's review of Ulteriora at The Office can be found here. The Ulteriora boys were interviewed by NPR last weekend and will be featured on a new show on NPR highlighting arts and culture in Southern California. I'll keep you posted. It should air early Jan. 05.
Around the Blogsphere & Kinkade
Mark over at Rarified Air visits The Office and Gallery C and breaks it down here. And it would seem the Art Blog world is back on the subject of Thomas Kinkade. Jessica at Insurgent Muse discusses the "High Art vs. Low Art" debate here. And Carolyn over at Studio Notebook get's in the mix here. I'm sure all would be interested to know that OC held the first "serious" showing of Kinkade's work in a contemporary art space. All the information about the Jeffrey Valance...
Baldessari on Artnet
Nicole Davis reviews John Baldessari's show at Marian Goodman Gallery here. Baldessari is a big influence on my own work and his new "stack" pieces in this show are examples of work I wish I had done. Baldessari is the quintessential California artist and it's good to see him still pushing the envelope. Here is a Baldessari in my collection.
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By Tyler Stallings Chris O’Leary’s Gravity Well is a profound and poetic meditation on the unseen forces that shape our universe. Curated by Jennifer Frias, director and senior curator at the Nicholas + Lee Begovich Gallery at California State University,...
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