The OC Art Blog was created in 2004 as a way to build community and promote the marginalized but dynamic Orange County art scene.

Tyler Green over at MAN posted about his favorite less considered museums and I'm happy to report OCMA was included. I would like to add one more for consideration. The Laguna Beach Art Museum is one of my favorites for a several reasons which include: 1. I'm a sucker for an underdog 2. Their doing great shows 3. Curator of Contemporary Art Tyler Stallings truly supports the local art scene by taking chances on OC based artists. I understand Tyler Green at MAN is a fan of Clyfford...

28 July, 2005 /

Liz Goldner visits OCMA's latest show Villa America: American Moderns, 1900-1950 and writes about it here. She says bad title means low attendence. Maybe everybody blew their museum budget on TUT?? ...

27 July, 2005 /

Wanted to let everybody know about a couple of events taking place at OCCCA. Tonight their Friday night forum continues with an artist talk by Janice Deloof. The talk starts at 7pm and the gallery will be open during the event. OCCCA is also seeking artists for an upcoming show titled Demise of Democracy. The prospectus can be found here. ...

22 July, 2005 /

Had lunch in Laguna Beach today and while down I got a sneak peak at the Laguna Art Museum's next show While Pollock Was Sleeping: Bay Area Abstract Expressionism from The Blair Collection. Even though most of the work was still wrapped in plastic it looked great. I'm really looking forward to this show. I also dropped into Peter Blake Gallery and he had a really good show up featuring a couple of painters I wasn't familiar with, Jeff Peters and Geoffrey Kruger. If you...

21 July, 2005 /

Kirsten at Roq la Rue posted on her blog that she likes Mika Ninagawa, I do too. We got 3 pieces at the Armory show a couple years back. It's actually a funny story, Mrs. OC Art Blog and I were interviewed by Japanese TV after making the purchase because they were in town to do a documentary on Ms. Ninagawa. I guess she is huge in Japan. She is currently represented by Tomio Koyama Gallery ( Nara/Murakami) but I don't think she has been picked...

19 July, 2005 /

Wanted to give everybody a heads-up that Finishing Schools latest project Open House is going to kick off in September...

18 July, 2005 /

Thank you to everybody who showed up last night. We had another great turnout, I very much appreciate the support and so do the artists. Some photos from the show follow. Where's Waldo? Aragna Ker Aragna Ker Walpa D'Mark Walpa D'Mark Gustavo Herrera Gustavo Herrera ...

17 July, 2005 /

Went to the OC Fair tonight to see X and The Plimsouls. Great show but on the way home my friend and I were trying to remember who said you can't go home again?? We felt it tonight. ...

15 July, 2005 /

I'm going to be in meeting hell for the next couple of days so I wanted to remind everybody that Three Blind Mice opens at The Office this Saturday night. It would be great to see you all. ...

13 July, 2005 /

This Saturday Evita: Up Close and Personal opens at  the Bowers. Normally I would be sure to miss something like this but I am going to Argentina early next year so I might have to take a look. Get a historical perspective kinda thing. (image, Juan Carlos Pallarols, Replica of Death Mask of Eva Peron, 1952.) ...

12 July, 2005 /

I was going to try and and give a more detailed description but it's late and I'm tired and I'm not good at it anyway. So all I really have to say is on Saturday I caught the Tim Hawkinson show at LACMA and it's just one of those shows where you walk around and just get lost...

11 July, 2005 /

Has anybody else noticed the growing class warfare tone that is starting to bubble up in the art world?? See recent posts by  Charlie Finch at Artnet and Jeff Jahn at Port. Maybe this is just the way patronage looks in our times...

11 July, 2005 /

This Saturday after running through LA we made sure to stop at Enview Gallery in Long Beach to catch the opening reception for artist Robert Fontenot. I had known of this space for a little while but this was my first visit and I was quite impressed, both with the space and the work of Robert Fontenot. Enview as I understand it is a collaborative effort between Autumn Beck and Chloe Flores and their mission is to have 2 month shows featuring various local artists....

10 July, 2005 /