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
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 exhibition [...]
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 [...]
Patrick Lee: Deadly Friends
Tracey Harnish, Huffington Post, July 27, 2011 Photorealism does not especially intrigue me, but in Patrick Lee’s work, the technique is just the starting point for further revelations. Lee’s graphite portraits of men are meticulous down to the very pores that sprout whiskers. The figures are set in a style reminiscent of the early 1900s, [...]
Dion Johnson: New Paintings, July 30 – Sept. 3, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 30, 6:00 – 8:00 PM Western Project is proud to present new paintings by Los Angeles artist, Dion Johnson. 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 [...]
Art Review: Patrick Lee, “Deadly Friends” at Western Project, Los Angeles Times
Art Review: Patrick Lee, “Deadly Friends” at Western Project by David Pagel June 30, 2011 Patrick Lee’s gorgeous portraits of tough young men are great works of art because they entice you to imagine what it might be like to live in someone else’s skin. If you don’t like yourself, that can be [...]
Patrick Lee: Drawings and Video, June 18 – July 23, 2011
For immediate release: PATRICK LEE Drawings and Video June 18 – July 23, 2011 Western Project is proud to present the second solo exhibition by Los Angeles artist Patrick Lee. After a successful show in New York last year, the artist will present seven recent large scale drawings and a new video project. His continuing [...]
Robert Doran: Sculpture and Paintings on Paper
June 18 – July 23, 2011, West Room Western Project is proud to present the first solo exhibition by Robert Doran in Los Angeles. Relocating from Chicago, the artist recently moved and set up his current studio in Southern California. Doran’s sculptural objects and paintings are personal and idiosyncratic works which echo historic precedents [...]
Art Review: Wayne White’s Sand Mountain Tractor at Western Project
June 3, 2011 By David Pagel “Wayne White’s Sand Mountain Tractor at Western Project” “Sand Mountain Tractor,” Wayne White’s comfortably crowded exhibition at Western Project, is a tour de force display of artistic virtuosity that is neither forceful nor particularly impressed with itself. Warmth and humility suffuse everything White touches, without taking the edge off [...]
Wayne White / Sand Mountain Tractor
May 7 – June 11, 2011 Western Project is proud to present the sixth solo exhibition in Los Angeles by Wayne White. Entitled, Sand Mountain Tractor, White’s masterful new body of work channels the landscape of his native Tennessee through everyday objects and scraps of our culture into puppets, paintings, drawings and sculpture. The exhibition [...]
Mark Dean Veca – 2011 COLA Exhibition Catalogue Is Now Online
Check out Mark Dean Veca’s section of the 2011 COLA online catalog here: http://cola2011.lamag.org/veca/index.html And more on the exhibition here: http://slamxhype.com/art-design/2011-c-o-l-a-exhibition-2/
“Rebel vs. Yankee” Performed LIVE today – May 14, 12:00 – 5:00 at Western Project
Wayne White and crew will perform the raucous, explosive puppet show “Rebel vs. Yankee” throughout the day between 12:00 and 5:00. Come on by and stay tuned for additional dates!
Brian Porray / Supersymmetry for SP33D FR34KS / May 7 – June 11, 2011
For immediate release: BRIAN PORRAY Supersymmetry for SP33D FR34KS New Paintings and Drawings May 7 – June 11, 2011 Western Project is proud to present the debut of paintings and drawings by Brian Porray. Having grown up in Las Vegas and also receiving his MFA from the University of Las Vegas, Porray spins his [...]
Daniel Brice at Western Project Reviewed in the Los Angeles Times
Daniel Brice at Western Project April 14, 2011 By Christopher Knight Abstract painting never looked more beat up, knocked down, abraded and used than it does in six otherwise eloquent new works by Daniel Brice. In all but one case, their simple Minimalist spatial geometry is enhanced by multiple panels which [...]