Reviews

After dropping work at Oneleaf yesterday I ran over to the California Museum of Photography to catch the show Create and Be Recognized: Photography on The Edge. I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the best show in the area currently. Do yourself a favor and make the drive and check it out. Buy the book for the show too, outstanding. C.T. McClusky Alexandre Lobanov August Walla Joe "40,000" Murphy Henry Darger. There's lots more so go see it. ...

Rebecca Schoenkopf of the OC Weekly paid a visit to Joel Heflin's Found Measure Project at The Office and writes about it here. ...

I'm headed to Vegas, so no posts till Monday. In the meantime why don't you entertain yourself with this review of the current show at the Office. In case I havent mentioned it. The Carrie Yury/Amandine Piomelli show has, by popular demand been extended to the 16th. Wish me luck. ...

This one includes Scope & Aqua. Nice Job Artinfo. Update: MAO does Scope and Aqua Update #2: More sales scoop Update #3: Artnet's turn ...

Art Fag City posted a great review of the Brian Jungen show at the New Museum I discussed in the earlier post. Pictures included. ...

Squeeze OC currently has a great interview of Ruby Osorio, who opens a show this Saturday night at the Laguna Art Museum. It's a Bonus that Ruby is represented by one of my favorite LA Galleries cherrydelosreyes. Way to go guys! Don't miss the show, runs till Feb. 26th. ...

Man, La Dauphine has some kick ass foreign correspondents. This time she sends her help to give us all the details at the Frieze Art Fair. Watch out CNN. UPDATE: artnet makes a visit. ...

Great article in todays LA Times Calendar section asking the question, do comics belong in museums?? The article even quotes OC curatorial powerhouse Tyler Stallings. Check it out. ...

Well, I finally got around to seeing Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know. I recommend you see it. After it was over I felt like crying...

Rebecca Schoenkopf visits the Portrait show at CSULB's Univeristy Art Museum and gives it the thumbs down. Justin Edward Coffey checks out the Eugene Berman show at the Long Beach Museum of Art and gives it the double snap. Liz Goldner doesn't like Pretty Art anymore. That spells trouble for someone that can't quite find her way out of Newport/Laguna Beach. ...

Christopher Knight visits MOCA's new show Ecstasy: In and About Altered States and writes about it here. ...

Rebecca Schoenkopf from the OC Weekly visits the Camille Rose Garcia show at GCAC and writes about it here. She also likes what she finds at OCMA's "Villa America" ...

OC Weekly reviews Jason Dodge at OCMA and spends some time with performance artist Jeni Yang. Squeeze OC gives a rundown on the three local museum fundraising auctions that are fast approaching. The OC Metro visits OC's new blue chip gallery. ...

Jit Fong Chin visits "Villa America" at OCMA and has a chance to ask Curator Liz Armstrong a few questions here. ...

Rebecca Schoenkopf visits the Greater LA MFA Exhibition and writes about it here. Liz Goldner visits LAM's "While Pollock was Sleeping" and writes about it here. Hilary Smith visits with Christopher Schulz and writes about it here. (In case you were wondering...