Tag: Charles Gaines

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 21: Charles Gaines

  There is something so oddly compelling about Charles Gaines work.  The first time I saw one of his pieces, it was a beautiful piece seen from a distance.  When I looked up close I was hit with a puzzle I still cannot figure out.  Up close was a pixellated mass consisting of uniform squares containing numbers.  I…

  cultureshockart

  February 25, 2015

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, black history, Museums

  Art, Cal Arts, Charles Gaines, Conceptual, Los Angeles Artists, Numbers and Trees

• MOCA Fresh Auction 2012

  So, I get these songs stuck in my head…Every time I think about MOCA’s upcoming Fresh Auction this Saturday, this song pops into my head.  If you were born before 1975 you probably can guess it.  Now that the painfully tragic memory of that song is stuck in YOUR head (you’re welcome), let’s talk about…

  cultureshockart

  March 19, 2012

  Collecting, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Aaron Kraten, Charles Gaines, Cindy Sherman, Danny First, Dennis Koch, Fred Tomaselli, Gary Baseman, Gregory Michael Hernandez, John Baldessari, MOCA, MOCA Fresh Auction, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey