Review | A Narrow Passage

A Narrow Passage ​Noysky Projects ​6727 ⅞ Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028 Exhibition Dates | Oct 14th – Nov 12th, 2017​ Closing Reception | Sunday, Nov 12th, 3-6pm Noysky Projects is tucked away between souvenir shops in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles. As you approach the building, you’re invited to walk down a corridor of…

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Opening | A Sense of Things

A Sense of Things presented by Durden and Ray & Paper 1923 S. Sante Fe Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90021 ​ ​Opening Reception | Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 4pm -7pm Exhibition Dates | November 4th – November 25th, 2017 Gallery Hours | Tues – Sat 10am – 6pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — The Sense of Things follows on from the exhibition The Surface of…

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Bestiario/Menagerie

San Francisco-based curator A.R. Vazquez-Concepcion untangles threads of history, knowledge production, and colonialism in Bestiario/Menagerie, a vibrant, 10-person group exhibition on view at Adobe Books Back Gallery through January 28. Bestiario or “bestiary”, roughly translated, describes a compendium of animals – imaginary and real – that was bound in book or illuminated manuscript form. Dating to second century Greece,…

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Gathering: Artist Jennifer Pettus

​Abrams Claghorn Gallery 1251 Solano Ave, Albany, California 94706 ​ Showing July 5 – August 31, 2017 Recption: Saturday July 15, 5 – 7 pm Artist Talk: Saturday August 12, 5 – 7pm Amber’s interview with Jennifer Pettus was published in our Winter 2015 issue, where you can see more the intricate details of Pettus’s embroidery mixed…

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TRAVERSING ABSTRACTION

Val Britton’s first solo exhibition at Gallery Wendi Norris features a site-specific sculptural installation alongside a collection of mixed media works on paper. Her abstract collages made from cut paper, ink, and watercolor are exquisitely orchestrated with an almost musical composition, balancing intricate linework with an organic, free-flowing use of pigment. Her installation made from cut paper…

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MUSING WASTELANDS

Now on display at Campfire Gallery, DEBRIS features new paintings by San Francisco-based artist Joshua Nissen King. In this new series, King successfully juggles acrylic, oil, and spray paint to create psychological landscapes adorned with piles of cluttered objects and interactive figures. His unbridled color palette matched with his feverish gestural strokes give his paintings a sense…

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Goo Goo December

​The Goo Goo guide is a year long series released monthly written by Jennifer Chen-Su Huang. The Goo Goo Guide follows Jennifer during a year long artist residency in Taiwan through a Fulbright Scholarship. Join us as we follow Jennifer on her journey! The series is released through our Quarterly issues from Autumn 2017-2018, subscribe below for…

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Art Camp Spotlight: Tyler Thrasher

Tyler Thrasher is a caver and all-around adventurer who hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also happens to be a modern-day alchemist who crystallizes a fascinating array of insects and bones. His creations blew up on Instagram which perpetuates an image of him as a mad scientist in his chemistry lab feverishly crystallizing cicadas to fill the sea of…

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