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

I was able to escape some meetings yesterday and make my way over to the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center. The Dallas Museum was showing the Robert Smithson retrospective that had just left LA and it was good to see it in Dallas. Call me crazy but as I was walking through this show I kept thinking of the Dieter Roth retro that MOMA showed last year. They both tackle entropy and decay and they both had that mad scientist thing going....

10 March, 2005 /

This Saturday night is going to be busy. Can't wait to see the new show opening up at The Huntington Beach Art Center this Saturday. Ed, Brian And Xtine of the art collective Finishing School will be part of a show that will examine artist collective practices and their motivations. Also participating will be Survival Research Laboratories and The Center for Tactical Magic. The show will open Saturday with a panel discussion from 6-7pm and then run from 7-10pm. Finishing School has set up a store where...

08 March, 2005 /

I'm in Dallas but will be trying to post periodically. When we were in Paris late last year we caught a show at a new contemporary art space called the La Maison Rouge where they had rebuilt collectors living rooms, bedrooms ,and bathrooms and re-hung their collections just as they had them at home. It was a great exhibit, you should see some of the great art work people hang in their bathrooms. Anyway, this weekend is an opening I will definitely be attending. The Laguna Art...

07 March, 2005 /

It looks like Santa Ana is going to be the place to be this weekend as the Artists Village holds another one of it's first Saturday art walks. Jeff Koegel (image), Dana Lovell & Pamela Grau Twena open at OCCCA. You still can catch Rosemary Covey & Kit Kube at Grand Central. Diane Edwards & Diana Teran Blaisure open at Diseno Gallery. Color Blind, work from Brian C. opens at Scribble Theory. and don't forget "Uprising" this Sunday in HB. Have a great weekend! ...

04 March, 2005 /

Thought I'd let everybody know that we have our own little Ansel Adams show opening this coming Monday at the Old County Courthouse in Santa Ana. Ansel Adams - Inspiration & Influence will also feature work by other very well known photographers including, Dorothea Lange, Edward Stieglitz & Edward Weston. It's been awhile since I had to be in a courthouse but now I think I got a legitimate reason to go back...

03 March, 2005 /

Rebecca Schoenkopf ventures north of the Orange Curtain to review the Donald Kuspit curated show at Gallery C. All the details can be found here. Even OC is showing LA more love than our friends to the East. Now do you like her Beautiful Losers review?? ...

03 March, 2005 /

In preperation of the Detours show that will be opening at the HB Art Center next Saturday (more about that later). The Center for Tactical Magic will be hosting "Uprising" this Sunday in Huntington Beach. If you enjoyed Joel Tauber's work in this years California Biennial this should be right up your alley. All the details can be found here. UPRISING! is a community kite-making project that invites participants to design and build their own kites with a message they wish to communicate from up high....

03 March, 2005 /

Was just going through email after reading Mat Gleason's post on Raid Projects on his blog. And I received a press release from Raid that had this to say at the end of the release...

02 March, 2005 /

I'll be leaving town shortly so posting will be lite until thursday. I will probably take another look at this. Not so sure about this. Enjoy. ...

28 February, 2005 /

Unfortunately I didn't make it to The OsCene, something about getting stuck in San Diego, so I don't have any pictures but I did have a chance to run by the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana and was able to see two very good shows. If you get a chance be sure to get over to GCAC and see the Rosemary Covey and Kit Kube shows currently running. Rosemary Covey is showing a series of wood engraving/printmaking light boxes that are great and...

27 February, 2005 /

Artforum is my Playboy, except I read it for the ads. But this last week I got around to reading Peter Plagens' article on the "postartist" and the state of criticism in this month's Artforum and it really got me thinking. I was planning a long post but since I'm not the best at this, I'll try and keep it short. Plagens quotes Donald Kuspit's The End of Art where he said "Postmodern artists are caricatures of artists, disillusioned about art they still have illusions about...

26 February, 2005 /

I'm happy to report that Tony de los Reyes, husband of one of the nicer gallery owners I know, was chosen as a critic's pick over at Artforum. Check it out. ...

25 February, 2005 /

Sorry to say this is the last weekend of The OsCene at The Laguna Art Museum. So if you haven't been yet, get out there. I'm going to try and run over there this weekend and get some pictures before it comes down and post them here. ...

25 February, 2005 /

Gustavo Arellano gives us a heads-up in the current issue of OC Weekly about an important book signing coming up. Brian Doan will sign copies of his photo book The Forgotten Ones this Sunday in Westminster. For those that don't know OC has the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam and The Office is located about two miles from Little Saigon. Details: THE FORGOTTEN ONES: A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF THE LAST VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES BY BRIAN DOAN. PAPERBACK, 110 PAGES, $24.95. AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.THEFORGOTTENONES.ORG;...

25 February, 2005 /