WOMEN AROUND TOWN by Karen Schifman IN THE GALLERIES: Ruth Bachofner Gallery presents Margaret Lazzari,“Energy, Matter and Light” (image right). Her abstract paintings have a rich palette, delicate line work and thick bursts of viscous paint. Lazzari states: “Rich color and complex surfaces are important in these paintings. I like spaces that are somewhat familiar – there may be […]
Women Around Town, April 2016
WOMEN AROUND TOWN by Karen Schifman IN THE GALLERIES: As you may know, a special exhibition of the work of Cindy Sherman will be opening at the Broad Art Museum in June. Make sure you are on their mailing list to be notified when tickets will be available. Micol Hebron’s “(En)Gendered (In)Equity: The Gallery Tally Poster Project” continues at Los […]
Women Around Town, March 2016
Women Around Town, March 2016 by Karen Schifman IN THE GALLERIES There will be an “Art and Feminism” Wikipedia Edit-a-thon hosted by LACMA on Sunday, 3/6/16 from 11 am to 4 pm. For those who wish to participate in this one or sometime in the future, click on this link: wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism California State University at Channel […]
Women Around Town, February 2016
IN THE GALLERIES: *SPOTLIGHT: Nurit Avesar SCWCA member Nurit Avesar will be exhibiting a new series of work at the Neurtra Institute Museum of Silver Lake. The show, “Elemental Energies” is curated by Dulce Stein. Avesar was born in Israel and came to the U.S. in the 1970s. She began her career as a figurative artist, focusing on illustration and graphic design professionally. […]
Dwora Fried’s Magnificent Boxes
It is such a pleasure to write about SCWCA member Dwora Fried and her wonderful assemblages. Fried will be having a solo exhibition this month at Gallery 825 entitled Big Box/little box. The upcoming exhibition offered an opportunity for me to visit her studio to view her current work and learn more about her art […]
Paper and Drawing Elevated…
Last Saturday evening (Sept. 26) I went to two extremely well attended openings: one at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) and one at Loft at Liz’s on La Brea. Both exhibitions were filled with art and viewers. Both exhibitions offer work by local artists. These exhibitions complement each other quite well. At CAFAM, Paperworks […]
IN THE STUDIO WITH Mei Xian Qui
A few weeks ago I met local artist Mei Xian Qui at her Inglewood studio, a space she has retained for the past 8 years. The artistic community in Inglewood serves her well as many of her artist friends assist with and support her practice. Many of the artists live in their […]
Photography in the Age of Anxiety
Photography in the Age of Anxiety I recently came across a paper I had written in graduate school about noted art critic Robert Hughes’ (1938-2012) views on art in the “Age of Anxiety.” According to Hughes, “The nightmare of Vietnam cast America into an age of anxiety…and the art will reflect that…” In my paper […]
Hollyhock House Revisited
Art is the soul of the people. One cannot look on visions like this without having visions of one’s own. Without visions, we are only ants, and our communities only ant hills. –Aline Barnsdall The city of Los Angeles has certainly changed over the last several decades. I have lived here my entire life and […]
Women Around Town, June 2015
Here are my selections of exhibitions of work by women artists in So. California for the month of June. I want to begin by recommending this month’s edition of Artnews it is a “must-read” as it is dedicated to women in the art world. *Spotlight on Cheryl Dullabaun in “Western Dreams” Exhibition at Groundspace Projects Groundspace Projects in downtown […]
