Artist Ethan Primason finds new sculptural forms in discarded materials, the monstrous femininity of Maureen St. Vincent's mythology-inspired paintings, and more.
| | | Amid a rise in waste dumping, artist Ethan Primason gives discarded items new lives in Needles on the Floor at Compound Yucca Valley. | Angella d’Avignon |
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SPONSORED | | | | In this video, curator Michaëla Mohrmann introduces the exhibition Spiritual Geographies: Religion and Landscape Art in California at UCI Langson Institute and Museum of California Art. The exhibition examines how different religious outlooks shaped landscape painting between 1890 and 1930, contributing to California’s reputation as a mystical place.
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FROM OUR CRITICS | | | | “[Maureen St. Vincent] transports her maenads, originally mountain creatures, to the Pacific coast, creating luminous surfaces filled with signifiers of female sexuality and fertility, a sense of motion, and a generous dose of innuendo in soft pastel.” |
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| | | “The artists in Scratching at the Moon acknowledge and grapple with the relationships and identities that have shaped them, revealing the legacies, tensions, and contradictions within these connections — a messy mixture of family, loved ones, teachers, students, Angelenos, and yes, Asian Americans.” |
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| | | | “Combining the provocative spirit of internet trolling, clickbait scamming, and MTV’s Punk’d (2003–07), Art 2assembles the collective’s recent works to critique the art world while simultaneously profiting from it.” |
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OPENING SOON | | | Highway Hypnosis at Craft Contemporary “In this show, Craft Contemporary showcases the work of the 3B Collective, a group of multidisciplinary LA-based artists who explore cultural commodification, labor, migration, and hybrid identities. Highway Hypnosis gathers murals, assemblages, textiles, ceramics, and installations made in conjunction with artisans located in areas where collective members have familial roots, including Oaxaca, Jalisco, El Salvador, and Baja California. These collaborative works challenge the false binary of craft and fine art, while highlighting networks of cultural and social exchange.” — Matt Stromberg View more in “10 Shows to See in Los Angeles This May” |
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LATEST NEWS | | | | A student committee will work with the school to divest from funds linked to human rights violations following campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. | Matt Stromberg |
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