“The Displaced Person” at Invisible-Exports: Critic’s Pick on artforum.com with Ron Athey mention
For original post on artforum.com click here “The Displaced Person” 02.02.12 Author: Joseph Akel 01.06.12-02.12.12 Invisible-Exports Alienation, it would seem, can be a creative force for inclusion. And, as each of the artists in “The Displaced Person” proves, one is rarely found without the other. Freud viewed alienation as the by-product of a cultural divorce [...]
Samantha Fields: Be Careful What You Wish For : New Paintings and Works on Paper
For Immediate Release: SAMANTHA FIELDS Be Careful What You Wish For: New Paintings and Works on Paper February 18 – March 17, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 18, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Western Project is proud to present Be Careful What You Wish For, a new body of work by Los Angeles artist, Samantha [...]
Arne Svenson: “About Face”,The Andy Warhol Museum
Arne Svenson: “About Face” February 4 – May 9, 2012 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA Arne Svenson, a New York photographer working in collaboration with The Warhol, created a series of portraits on view in the exhibition About Face. In February 2011, Svenson was the artist-in-residency at Pittsburgh’s Wesley Spectrum Highland, an Approve Private [...]
TANYA BATURA: “Achromic”: New Sculpture
For immediate release: Tanya Batura Achromic: New Sculpture January 7 – February 11, 2012 Opening reception for the artist Saturday January 7th 6-8pm Western Project is proud to present the third solo exhibition by Los Angeles artist, Tanya Batura. Titled, “Achromic”, this body of sculptures are heroic in scale and mounted on multifaceted wood plinths. [...]
JOHN SCHLUE: New Paintings
For immediate release: John Schlue: New Paintings January 7 – February 11, 2012 (West Room) Opening reception for the artist: Saturday January 7th 6-8pm Western Project is proud to present the first solo exhibition by John Schlue in the West Room. A native of Belle Plaine , Iowa, Schlue brings a particularly American sensibility [...]
SPRING 2012 UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Samantha Fields Eric Freeman Brian Porray Jessica Wimbley Thomas Burke
Ron Athey / Julie Tolentino: Resonate / Obliterate
Friday, December 16, 2011, 7:00 PM Allen Street Studios Enter at 88 Eldridge Street, between Hester and Grand 4th floor New York City
Winter 2011 / 2012
NANCY RIEGELMAN: New Paintings and Sculpture November 19 – December 31, 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, 6:00 – 8:00 PM TANYA BATURA: New Work January 7 – February 4, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 6:00 – 8:00 PM JOHN SCHLUE: New Work (West Room) January 7 – February 4, 2012 Opening [...]
Nancy Riegelman: New Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture
For immediate release: NANCY RIEGELMAN New Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture November 19 – December 30, 2011 Opening reception for the artist Saturday November 19th 6 – 8 pm Western Project is proud to present Los Angeles artist Nancy Riegelman with an expansive body of work from the past two years. Exploring new territory, and materials, [...]
Carole Caroompas included in: “L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy”
January 22 – May 20, 2012 Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena California, Curated by Michael Duncan. www.pmcaonline.org
Carole Caroompas included in: “Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983″
September 27, 2011 - January 29, 2012 Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA. www.welcometolace.org
Carole Caroompas included in “Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981″
October 1, 2011 – February 2, 2012 The Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles curated by Paul Schimmel www.moca.org
Carole Caroompas: Uncle Lenny: Right as Wrong / Wrong as Right : New Paintings and Drawings
For immediate release: CAROLE CAROOMPAS: Uncle Lenny: Right as Wrong / Wrong as Right New Paintings and Drawings October 15 – November 12, 2011 Opening Reception for the artist: Saturday, October 15, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Western Project is proud to be a participating gallery in Pacific Standard Time: L.A. Art 1945-1980 with an [...]
Fall / Winter 2011
CAROLE CAROOMPAS: Uncle Lenny: Right as Wrong/ Wrong as Right New Paintings and Works on Paper October 15 – November 12, 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 15, 6:00 – 8:00 PM NANCY RIEGELMAN: New Paintings and Sculpture November 19 – December 31, 2011 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
“Pleading in the Blood: The Art of Ron Athey”
A major publication dedicated to the pioneering and influential performance artist, Ron Athey Edited by Dominic Johnson Pleading in the Blood: The Art of Ron Athey will be co-published by the Live Art Development Agency (UK) and The MIT Press (USA). “..While histories of art, performance, theatre, and subcultures have consistently acknowledged Athey’s major contribution [...]
Kris Chaterson: New Paintings at Jeff Bailey Gallery
September 7 – October 8, 2011 Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Jeff Bailey Gallery 625 W 27th St. (11th & 12th Aves), New York, NY 10001 baileygallery.com
Chad Robertson: Disparate Collectives: New Paintings
For immediate release: CHAD ROBERTSON: Disparate Collectives New Paintings September 10 – October 8, 2010 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Western Project is proud to present Los Angeles artist Chad Robertson with a new group of paintings entitled, Disparate Collectives. Following his previous Mash-Up works, the artist continues his interest [...]
Ali Kheradyar: Dye, New Photographs
In the West Room September 10 – October 8, 2010 Reception for the artist: Saturday September 10th 6 – 8pm Western Project is proud to present Los Angeles artist, Ali Kheradyar. The new body of work, Dye, is a set of photographic images using the product Betty Hair Dye – a dye specifically designed to [...]
LA Art Diary:
DION JOHNSON Tracey Harnish | Friday August 26, 2011 | click here for original post BIG PICK Dion Johnson’s work is exuberant. A world where pop meets John McCracken in colors that dilate your eyes, these paintings scream happy. There’s a sense of pouring but not dripping; it’s a bold statement of form that turns [...]
Los Angeles Art Gallery Tours:
DION JOHNSON AT WESTERN PROJECT Bill Kleiman | August 22, 2011 | click here for original post Just down the block from Michael Maloney’s Gallery, whose summer show seemed about as summer-y as possible, comes another contender for the iconic show for summer in Los Angeles 2011. Widely exhibited LA artist, Dion Johnson‘s show at [...]
Fall 2011 Upcoming Exhibitions
CHAD ROBERTSON: Disparate Collectives: New Paintings September 10 – October 8, 2011 / Opening Reception: Saturday September 10, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM ALI KHERADYAR: Dye: New Photographs – (West Room) September 10 – October 8, 2011 / Opening Reception: Saturday September 10, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Western Project is [...]
Dion Johnson: New Paintings
ARTWEEK L.A. August 1, 2011 Using bold planes of color, Johnson reaffirms the tradition of Southern California hard edge painting for this millennium. Aware of predecessors such as Karl Benjamin, and John McLaughlin, and their interest in landscape and the environment, the artist moves hard edge towards a more Pop language; flat planes of intense [...]