Tag: Sculpture

• DTLA Gallery Brings a Revolution to the Arts District

  At the beginning of Women’s History Month the National Museum of Women in the Arts asked an intriguing question when they created this hashtag: It was a call to action with a simple challenge:  Name 5 women artists. Can you name them off the top of your head?  Sure that may be easy, but if you walk…

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  March 11, 2016

  Art, art books, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, Collecting, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museums, sculpture, Uncategorized

  #5WomenArtists, abstract art, abstract sculpture, Arts District, DTLA, Hauser & Wirth, Louis Bourgeois, Lynda Benglis, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Phyllida Barlow, Ruth Asawa, Sculpture, Shinique Smith, Women’s History Month, Yayoi Kusama

• The Veiled Genius of Ruth Asawa

  Ruth Asawa’s art celebrates diversity of style and technique.  Drawing from illustration, painting, dance, basket weaving, music and pottery, her multi-disciplined approach to art was nurtured as a student at Black Mountain College in the late 40’s.  Her introduction to art however, came to Asawa under less than auspicious circumstances. During WW II Asawa’s entire…

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  March 2, 2016

  Art, Collecting, Contemporary Art, sculpture, Uncategorized

  Black Mountain College, Civic Art, Fountains, Hammer Museum, Japanese Internment, Leap Before You Look, Ruth Asawa, San Francisco, Sculpture

• RIP Chris Burden

  Chris Burden’s work has become a permanent fixture in the creative landscape of Los Angeles.  While writing this blog over the years, Burden was revealed to me in many different forms.  The most obvious was from his signature massive installation of Urban Light, a sea of 202 1920’s street lamps that he sourced and refurbished since 2000…

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  May 10, 2015

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Contemporary Art, Museums

  Chris Burden, Jonathan Gold, LACMA, Los Angeles, performance art, Sculpture, Urban Light

• Artist a Day Challenge No.4: Elizabeth Catlett

  In November I saw “Sharecropper” by Elizabeth Catlett at LACMA.  I loved the depiction of the duality of strength and despair shown as byproducts of exploitation in this piece.  As a graphic designer and sculptor in the 30’s and 40’s, much of Catlett’s art highlighted African-American and Mexican women as caretakers, patriarchs, workers and nurturers; her work was used as a platform…

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  February 4, 2015

  Art, black history, Los Angeles, Modern Art, Museums, sculpture

  brancusi, elizabeth catlett, grafica popular, graphic artist, henry moore, LACMA, mexico, political activism, Sculpture, sharecropper

• Beneath the Bronze- “Little Dancer” Comes to Life at the Kennedy Center

  Edgar Degas’ love for the ballet is prominently featured in his body of work and one of his most iconic works is “The Little Fourteen Year Old Dancer”.  This piece has been reproduced in all mediums and has served as an artistic inspiration for artists and dancers around the world. The Kennedy Center will bring the story behind Little Dancer…

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  October 5, 2014

  Modern Art, Museums

  Ballet, Belle Epoque, bronze, Edgar Degas, Guggenheim, Little Dancer, New York City Ballet, NYC Ballet, Paris, Sculpture, Susan Stroman, the Kennedy Center

• “Delusions of Grandeur”

  I was reading an interesting post today about the fashion industry, sizing and proportions, which turned into an interesting dialog about body image. In a moment of levity, I thought of this René Magritte piece at the Getty…If you’ve been swimsuit shopping recently, some of you may relate to this piece 😉

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  April 9, 2013

  Art/Culture, Fashion, Museums, Photography

  Body Image, Delusions of Grandeur, Fashion, Getty, Rene Magritte, Sculpture

• Black History Month Art #8: Fred Eversley

  I love transparent resin sculptures, and I particularly love Fred Eversley’s reflective optical lens work.  They are so striking.

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  February 17, 2013

  Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Modern Art

  Black History Month, Fred Eversley, Resin, Sculpture