It was another successful opening at The Office. As usual thank you to everybody that came out to support Kyle and the space, we appreciate it, and thanks to Carol Es for letting me purchase one of her new books for the collection. I'm afraid to open it, it looks so nice. Some bad photos follow: Mr. Riedel. Video piece Erosion & Sediment Season Opener Erosion & Sediment Installation Shot Art fans...
Hope to see you tomorrow night. Kyle Riedel - A Platform To Stand On About the exhibit The Office is pleased to present Kyle Riedel's most recent series of images. Originally placed along the Los Angeles river, A Platform to Stand On references both classic Disney images and roadkill. With the river providing the context for the images, they become strange and beautiful portals mocking an otherwise bleak landscape and illusions that have gone slightly awry. Also on view will be two seperate videos: Erosion and Sediment,...
Nothing to do tonight?? Couple options for ya: OCMA delivers the Animation Short Film Showcase tonight starting at 8:30. Hungry? Head over to Memphis in the village for a little dinner with artist Dirk Petchul to help support the Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center. Contact OCCTAC for details. ...
Before heading out to some openings Saturday night Mrs. OC Art Blog and I picked up London based artist Natasha Caruana who is in town researching her latest project on infidelity that will have its US premiere here at the Office late spring of next year. After Natasha berated me for my SUV (I tried to tell her Mrs. OC Art Blog drives a hybrid so we cancel each other out) we headed up to LA to show her around and give her the lay...
Not much happening in OC again this weekend so it's off to LA once again. The one show I'm sure to attend will be the Whitney Bedford opening at cherrydelosreyes. Hope to see you there. Keep it safe out there. ...
Just ordered my DVD of season three of the very outstanding PBS series Art:21. I suppose I couldn't wait for the premiere. It looks like season three will start up this Friday at 10pm eastern time. If you have not seen Art:21 before do not miss it. This seasons artists include Laylah Ali, Richard Tuttle, Fred Wilson, Hiroshi Sugimoto and many others. “Art:21–Art in the Twenty-First Century” is the only series on television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States,...
More works are starting to hit the OCMA Benefit Auction website and it looks like the bidding wars are kicking in. The live auction will take place on Thursday night Sept. 29th and all the info can be found here. ...
The Los Angeles Art Association celebrates 80 years and the LA Times Reminisces. ...
I was asked to remind all of you loyal readers with kids that this Sunday at OCMA is Family Arts Day. Starting at noon admission is free and Andrea Dominguez tells me there are lots of fun activities planned. Go see her when you get there. Have fun! ...
Wanted to let everybody know that The Office's first show of the new season is right around the corner. On Saturday Sept. 24th we will be presenting Kyle Riedel - A Platform To Stand On About the exhibit The office is pleased to present Kyle Riedel's most recent series of images. Originally placed along the Los Angeles river, A Platform to Stand On references both classic Disney images and roadkill. With the river providing the context for the images, they become strange and beautiful portals mocking...
Started the day today by doing our little part to help out the Red Cross Katrina Relief effort at a little neighborhood event. After that we headed up to Chinatown to catch the openings. Wow was it packed. The art season has definitely begun. After that mob scene we went over to Post to catch the final show party. It was a great day, saw a lot of friends and lots of good art. Some photo's follow. Mrs. OC Art Blog and G-Money working the...
Openings this weekend: Los Angeles: 100 give or take Orange County: 1 Got some work to do folks...
For those interested the Gazette gives a rundown of the 2nd saturday artwalk here. ...
Tonight is the closing reception of the Greater LA MFA Exhibition which will run from 5:00 to 7:30 and then will be promptly followed by the Greater LA MFA Film Screening which runs from 8:00 to 10:00. Rumor has it there will be popcorn. For those of you that find parking at CSULB too much of a burden can always head over to The Lab for .ISM Quaterly's first Wednesday art/photography/open mic event. Details here. (top image: Wendy Redstar) ...
Well it's that time of year again, the start of the new art season. I look forward to what this year brings. Wanted to let everybody know that a couple of people on my blogroll that have events kicking off this week. Caryn Coleman of ABLA fame opens in her new location in Culver City this weekend. She is having openings on both Friday and Saturday and all the info can be found here. Carol Es has an opening at her new gallery that opens this...
OCMA's 2005 benefit art auction website is up. Wanted to give you a sneak peak. More info to follow as the event gets closer. ...
This weekend is first Saturday again so that means Santa Ana will be the place to be. One show in particular you should try and catch is the Inanimate Souls show at Memphis @ the Santora. Dirk Petchul will be showing his photographic work and all proceeds from the sales of the first prints will go to the Orange County Children's Therapeutic Art Center. There also will be a Dinner with the Artist Fundraiser on Sept. 22. Contact OCCTAC for more info. Have a good weekend...
The news is coming out early on the big December art fairs. Line-up's can be found here and here. OC Art Blog Prediction: $75 oil, rising interest rates, housing bubble burst, lots of articles on the HOT art market/collecting art this year only means that late December is when the "Where did the art buyers go?" articles start coming out. Look for Scope Houston in 2006...
Great article on Habib Kheradyar and his long time downtown space Post can be found here. Post's final show takes place on Sept. 10th. Thanks for the memories. (photo Wayne Shimabukuro) ...
Being in HB nudged between Long Beach and OC I take notice of what local schools around here are active in the local art scene and I would have to say hands down Cal State Long Beach is the winner. I run into those students everywhere. I wish I could say the same about some other OC schools. Anyway, why don't we all return the favor and go support their little shindig this weekend called the Greater LA MFA Exhibition. Greater LA MFA features approximately...
