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Tomoo Gokita @ Honor Fraser
by Allison Cooper
Tomoo Gokita at Honor Fraser
November 7th - December 19th
Posted
11/18/09
I have found another great artist in Tomoo Gokita. Of anything I have seen recently his works seem to be an actual continuation of a linear art history. Gokita’s pieces in the show ‘Heaven’ at Honor Fraser in Culver City have obvious influences by the Surrealists (Hello, Salvador Dali and Man Ray – maybe some Rene Magritte?) as well as Cubists references in his past works (see ATM Gallery in New York City’s last showing of Gokita’s works). Gokita’s large-scale pieces have a... [more]
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Why Dogs? 1/22/10 - 2/21/10
by dan adams
Dan Adams at San Diego Art Institute Balboa Park San Diego
January 22nd, 2010 - February 2nd, 2021
Posted
11/12/09
This exhibit includes 50 small paintings featuring man & woman's best friend. The handling of the paint is most important, then the subject matter. However, I have to admit that I like and admire dogs more than people (sorry) [more]
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WORKSHOP: "The Art of Selling.." AWESOME!
by Margaret Danielak
Margaret Danielak and Julie Snyder at VIVA Gallery
November 8th 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Posted
11/1/09
FEEDBACK FROM OUR MOST RECENT WORKSHOP:
“An exceptional workshop! Absolutely awesome! Tons of information and a lot of positivity, which is a rare combo in the art world. So inspiring! I will not hesitate to recommend it!” Valerie C. – Local Artist [more]
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Faris McReynolds @ Roberts & Tilton
by Allison Cooper
Faris McReynolds at Roberts & Tilton
October 17th - November 14th
Posted
11/3/09
Roberts & Tilton’s show of Faris McReynold’s work was not much worth talking about when looking at it next to their last show of Titus Kaphar’s work. Which, if you follow my blog, you know was one of my favorite shows for a very long time. McReynold’s works are a bit unoriginal – they didn’t feel like anything I hadn’t seen before – but that does not necessarily mean I did not like them. I thought they were whimsical and a bit sordid – and that is something I will always enj... [more]
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Excellent Views from Lorraine Ginsberg
by artdetective
Lorraine Ginsburg at Pacific Palisades Library
October 3rd - October 31st
Posted
10/14/09
This artist's work covers much time and territory. Her timeless black and white photography hangs between colorfelt abtracts. Both mediums reflect her expertise and compliment each other. [more]
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Review of Melanie Van Latum's new work, Vessels of the Avant Garde
by Melanie Stimmell Van Latum
Melanie Stimmell Van Latum at Deborah Martin Gallery
December 10th - January 1st, 2010
Posted
10/13/09
Melanie Van Latum’s portraits pop with a hardboiled baroque, neo-noir coterie of haunting, flamboyant heroines. Handsome, sinister, and supremely confident women stare from the canvas with an imperiously mysterious gaze, clearly indicating that no cloister, boudoir, suburb or nursery could ever contain the canny power of their bodies and minds. Van Latum’s cleverly balanced compositions and high-tension-line lighting conjure a triumphant, intelligent feminine charisma – a mise-en-scene flushed with d... [more]
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Great stuff from "Heroes for Autism"
by rizzigirl
Susan Brown, Marcy Deutsch, Stephanie Greenwald, Kevin Hosseini, Zoe Kakolyris, Casey Metcalfe, Kyle White at Smooth n Purdy Gallery
October 10th - November 14th
Posted
10/4/09
I saw these artists when they were a part of "Heroes for Autism" a fund raiser for "Autism Speaks" at the Avalon in Hollywood.
That was an extraordinary show and I can't wait to see what new works these artists have created since. I regretted not buying a piece by Casey Metcalfe then, so I am hoping it will be there.
This show is absolutely worth a visit. The work is both collectible and different from anything else out there. Not to mention it benefits an amazing cause. [more]
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Sam, I Hate You
by Jeff Sheehan
Chris Doyle at Sam Lee Gallery @ Pacific Design Center (Blue Building)
September 24th - November 28th
Posted
10/1/09
You showed some of these gorgeous watercolors before, Sam. I wanted one then, I want one now. I still can't afford them, or the fantastic video that went with them. Why do you torture me so? I'm a good person. I work hard. I really do think you should give me one of these because it will make my life so much better. [more]
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Parallel and Simultaneous: Paul Farance at Garage Projects
by Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer
Posted
9/21/09
Brushes are too clinical and unfeeling for Paul Farance. He doesn’t trust them with the measured truth of his mark anymore. Generically prefabricated and chronically detached, they are standardized and lifeless. Farance has always sought something more intimate, more urgent and more palpable in his art, which privileges the privacy of his own often-untranslatable sensory experiences and actions over their public expression.
For his season opener at Garage Projects, A Way You’ll... [more]
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Simply Great!
by Gary Sanders
Kimber Berry at Phantom Galleries LA -
August 22nd - September 12th
Posted
9/17/09
All I can say is … WOW!!! Finally, a painter doing something more cutting edge. They are big; they are beautiful; impossible to get bored while scanning these works. And what the heck is going on in the corner? … Looks like a painting blending right into the wall – never seen that before, so in my book - a must see. She is definitely a true artist and not a one trick pony. Like any master painter, they can really mix it up…and she does a great job in doing so. If you are in LA... [more]
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