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Ray Caesar @ Corey Helford Gallery

Now at the Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, Ray Caesar‘s first solo exhibition : : “A Dangerous Inclination”.  If you are not familiar with Ray’s work, his pieces are done in a digital 3D environment.  One that he has quite obliviously mastered.  
I encourage you to read a REALLY interesting interview posted on Arrested Motion.  In the article he reveals how he views his work: “as a form of self portrait or at least the portrait of what its’ like to look inside my head….and the story behind each piece seem to have “aspects that deal with the process of intense psychotherapy and the years of dealing with dissociative identity disorder (a form of multiple personalities) and trauma I went through in childhood.”
“Premonitions and the worlds of pleasure and pain and ugliness and beauty and humiliation and dignity…the pictures are a communication from my subconscious to my conscious mind.”~ Ray Caesar
~images: Gallery House/Ray Caesar
 
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Chinati

Donald Judd Untitled -15 works in Concrete

 
Claes Oldenberg & Coosje van Bruggen

 
Donald Judd Untitled –100 works in Mill Aluminum

Lots of talk about Marfa, Texas these days. Besides wanting to stay @ El Cosmico, I would love to check out the Chinati Foundation; the contemporary art museum based upon the ideas of its founder, artist Donald Judd. The 25 year anniversay of the Chinati Foundation coming up this October 7th-9th and would be a perfect time to go see Donald Judd’s 100 works in Mill Aluminum and 15 works in Concrete set amoung this 340 acre compound. Other artist works to be seen there include Dan Flavin, Ronnie Horn and Carl Andre among many others.

Find out more here.


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A California Minute

California Stars, acrylic and lacquer on panel

Marine Contemporary Presents Jow: A California Minute

C – the dit dit dah of Morse code travels through the
A – dark blue water, white tipped waves beneath the moonlight
L – displaced in a foreign land
I – longing to be back in California
F – distance + desire
O – comforted by the lyrics from that familiar tune
R – sunshine, sand, blue skies, palm trees, LEMONS
N – soul, stars, girls, nights
I – slow pace, laid back, dreamin’
A – California minute

The predominant focus of this show is lyrics from songs about California from the 1960’s and early 1970’s. For the last five years, a significant part of Jow’s work has focused on text and word play with a special emphasis on signs and symbols. More known for her witty and irreverent drawings on vintage letterhead paper, this show marks a departure from that body of work and focuses more on the artist’s love for language in its purest visual form.


For A California Minute, Jow explores the complexity of California’s allure and fantasies about the Golden State’s promise through the simple dots and dashes that articulate Morse code. Extending out of her earlier work with Braille, Jow became interested in Morsecode, not only for its capacity to communicate language and its romantic sense of nostalgia, but also because its graphic qualities are reminiscent of work by minimalist artists of the same period.

On view September 10  –  October 15 2011.
Opening Reception September 10   6-9.

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chelsea bentley james

Piso 5





Seventh Floor

Vanity Mirror

I spotted the work of Chelsea James awhile back on another blog. I’m so intrigued by her work.

“Painting is a study of our existence, spirit, and environment, derived from experiences in life. I choose objects that evoke childhood memories, create situations of atmospheric mystery, and bring visual interest through interaction. I’m intrigued by subtle shifts in value and color; yet seek a personal interpretation of the objects rather than a replication. Personality is revealed through the process of painting. Abstract remnants from my process remain visible in the final product. The hand must obey the spirit. “ ~CBJ

Check out her blog to view more of her work and past/upcoming shows.

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Steven Hull


Check out my friend Skippy….ahhh scratch that, I mean artist Steven Hull’s website. It’s pretty cool. Not only does he have an amazing breadth of work, but he’s also co-founder of Las Cienegas Projects; an artist-run curatorial project and gallery space focusing on large-scale, collaborative and project-based artworks by emerging and established artists both local and international right here in LA.

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Slick Rick

A friend of mine posted a link to Richard Wilson’s 20:50 – “spectacular waist-high reservoir of recycled sump oil” on Facebook. Apparently she went to see it in person. Whoa.

View the full article and more amazing photos that appeared in The Guardian UK here.

~Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images