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20/08/2024

Kenny Scharf: ‘Go Wild’ A Place Dedicated to Fun by Jody Zellen Kenny Scharf Go Wild Honor Fraser June 29 – August 24, 2024 More often than not, it seems that Kenny Scharf “goes wild,” filling gallery and museum spaces from floor to ceiling with paintings, sculptures, site specific murals,...

20/08/2024

Kenny Scharf showing at Honor Fraser Gallery. The exhibition 'Go Wild' is reviewed by Jody Zellen. Read the review here.

Kenny Scharf: ‘Go Wild’ A Place Dedicated to Fun by Jody Zellen Kenny Scharf Go Wild Honor Fraser June 29 – August 24, 2024 More often than not, it seems that Kenny Scharf “goes wild,” filling gallery and museum spaces from floor to ceiling with paintings, sculptures, site specific murals,...

18/08/2024

Jen Stark Mind-boggling Color Wizardess by Victoria Looseleaf Miami-born, Los Angeles-based Jen Stark – who earned a degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and explores color with mind-bending, psychedelic sphere installations, 3-D optic sculptures, patterned paintings and public art, a...

18/08/2024

Jen Stark takes ART NOWLA's Da Vinci Questionnaire. Where the multi-media artist, famous for her visually exciting psychedelic colors to highlight shapes and patterns found in nature offers her perspective on work, creative efforts, love and life. Who does she want to have lunch with? - Galileo, of course.
Explore her unique answers here.

Jen Stark Mind-boggling Color Wizardess by Victoria Looseleaf Miami-born, Los Angeles-based Jen Stark – who earned a degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and explores color with mind-bending, psychedelic sphere installations, 3-D optic sculptures, patterned paintings and public art, a...

23/07/2024

Rebecca Campbell: ‘Young Americans’ Dreams Come to Life by Jody Zellen Rebecca Campbell Young Americans L.A. Louver May 29 – July 20, 2024 A grid of fifteen portraits of teenage boys and girls painted in a multitude of styles fills the far wall of the gallery. Are these the ‘young americans....

23/07/2024

Rebecca Campbell's "Young Americans", inspired by David Bowie's historic album and featuring stunning oil paintings of her children and their friends is reviewed by Jody Zellen.
"Young Americans" presented by L.A. Louver, Venice CA
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Rebecca Campbell: ‘Young Americans’ Dreams Come to Life by Jody Zellen Rebecca Campbell Young Americans L.A. Louver May 29 – July 20, 2024 A grid of fifteen portraits of teenage boys and girls painted in a multitude of styles fills the far wall of the gallery. Are these the ‘young americans....

10/07/2024

Shawn Huckins showing at Richard Heller Gallery. The exhibition "Zippers Short and Skinny" is reviewed by Jody Zellen where she writes; "Huckins plays with ideas of masculine and feminine, as well as craft and fine art, to invite a dialogue that challenges traditional notions of male bravado." Read the full review here.

Shawn Huckins: ‘Zippers Short and Skinny’ Challenging Traditional Notions of Masculinity by Jody Zellen Shawn Huckins Zippers Short and Skinny Richard Heller Gallery June 15 – July 13, 2024 September 10 – November 5, 2022 Shawn Huckins is an exacting artist whose works often begin with recre...

09/07/2024

Jim Isermann at Pacific Design Center Gallery in collaboration with Miles McEnery Gallery. The exhibition "Wrapture" is reviewed by Jody Zellen who writes: "Primary colors and simple geometric shapes in different configurations can create complex patterns and dizzying experiences as exemplified by "Wrapture", a spectacular installation." Read the full review here.
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Jim Isermann: ‘Wrapture’ Going Beyond the Formal by Jody Zellen Jim Isermann Wrapture Pacific Design Center Gallery May 2 – June 29, 2024 Primary colors and simple geometric shapes in different configurations can create complex patterns and dizzying experiences as exemplified by Wrapture, a sp...

24/06/2024

Tony Cragg showing at Marian Goodman Gallery Los Angeles. The exhibition is reviewed by Jody Zellen who writes: "Cragg has the uncanny ability to transform as well as personify bronze, steel, wood or stone into light, airy, organic shapes that appear to dance on their pedestals despite their weightiness." Read the full review here.

Tony Cragg Exploring the Relationships Between the Parts and the Whole by Jody Zellen Tony Cragg Marian Goodman Gallery April 26 – June 29, 2024 Tony Cragg is a British-born, German-based sculptor who was best known in the 1970s and 1980s for floor and wall-based works made from found objects. The...

12/06/2024

Our latest Fjord Review: Last Saturday we covered Highways Performance Space & Gallery's 35th Anniversary celebration. What a great night, replete with The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who received the first BEHOLD! Award, and Sean Dorsey Dance performed the SoCal premiere of their evening-length work. "A fitting performance for Pride Month, “The Lost Art of Dreaming,” is testament to the power of art, and proved a perfect way to celebrate three and a half decades of the still-relevant, always cutting-edge, Highways Performance Space.

How do we love Highways Performance Space? Let us count the ways! Indeed, a longtime nucleus for experimental theater, dance and art, the intimate black box venue in Santa Monica was the scene of a 35th anniversary celebration over the weekend. And what a bash it was, with San Francisco-based Sean D...

14/05/2024

Daniel Gordon showing at Nazarian/Curcio. "Orange Sunset with Flowers, Fruit, and Vessels", an exhibition of new photographs and sculptures, utilizing the tools of digital techniques and handmade collaging is reviewed by Jody Zellen. Read the review here,
The exhibition runs to May 25th.

Daniel Gordon: ‘Orange Sunrise with Flowers, Fruit, and Vessels’ Abstract Still-lives Concerned with Design, Color and Form by Jody Zellen Daniel Gordon Orange Sunrise with Flowers, Fruit, and Vessels Nazarian/Curcio April 20 – May 25, 2024 Daniel Gordon is one of a number of contemporary arti...

30/04/2024

"Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy" presented with support from Drake and his company Dream Crew, is reviewed by Jody Zellen. Featuring more than thirty artists including Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, David Hockney, Salvador Dali, Rebecca Horn, Roy Lichtenstein and Sonia Delaunay. Read the review here.
The exhibition continues to May 12th.
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Luna Luna: ‘Forgotten Fantasy’ A Journey Back in Time by Jody Zellen Luna Luna Forgotten Fantasy Los Angeles, CA On view through Spring, 2024 In Hamburg, Germany, from June 4 – August 31, 1987, Luna Luna opened to the public. Conceived by Austrian artist André Heller, it was an open-air museu...

17/04/2024

Kim DeJesus takes ART NOWLA's Da Vinci Questionnaire. Where the abstract artist who fearlessly uses colors to find the doors that become gateways to inner exploration offers her perspective on work, creative efforts, love and life. Explore her uniquely personal answers here.

Kim DeJesus A Personal and Intimate Journey Through Memories by Victoria Looseleaf Midwestern-raised, Los Angeles-based Kim DeJesus – who trained at Arizona State University and whose large-scale abstract paintings revolve around process and discovery, and encompass the fluidity of memory, but nev...

27/03/2024

Amir Zaki showing at Diane Rosenstein Gallery. "Nothing to Say" which presents two new series: Signs & Trees, is reviewed by Jody Zellen, who writes; "Zaki is a master at compositing— adding as well as erasing aspects of images he shoots— transforming the observable into something hyperreal, imagined and fantastical." Read the full review here.

Amir Zaki: ‘Nothing to Say’ A Master at Compositing by Jody Zellen Amir Zaki Nothing to Say Diane Rosenstein Gallery February 24 – March 30, 2024 Amir Zaki is a Southern California-based artist who uses digital photography to scrutinize the natural as well as the built landscape to make pictur...

20/03/2024

Catherine Opie takes ART NOWLA's Da Vinci Questionnaire. Where the award winning/internationally known photographer, who gracefully captures both the human condition as well as man made structures offers her perspective on work, creative efforts, love and life. Explore her unique answers here.

Catherine Opie Plotting a Ghost Map of Sites and Personae by Victoria Looseleaf For more than three decades, Ohio-born, L.A.-based Catherine Opie – whose work is included in museums worldwide and whose venerated photographs range from le***an families, surfers, Tea Party gatherings and riveting se...

15/03/2024

Rachel Lachowicz showing at Shoshana Wayne Gallery. Celebrated for her inventive experimentation with non-traditional materials, her stand alone approach highlights this new exhibition.
Read the review by Jody Zellen here.
"The Gravity of Color" runs to March 29th.

Rachel Lachowicz: ‘The Gravity of Color’ Combining Materials in Surprising and New Ways by Jody Zellen Rachel Lachowicz The Gravity of Color Shoshana Wayne Gallery February 3 – March 29, 2024 Throughout her thirty-year career, Rachel Lachowicz has been celebrated for her inventive experimentat...

29/02/2024

Justin Williams showing at Roberts Projects. "Synonym" is reviewed by ART NOWLA's Zara Kand. Read the insightful review here.

Justin Williams: ‘Synonym’ Weaving Together Subjects and Environments by Zara Kand Justin Williams Synonym Roberts Projects January 27 – March 9, 2024 In the literary sense, the word synonym refers to an expression which holds a similar meaning to another word or phrase of the same language. I...

22/02/2024

Jose Dávila showing at Sean Kelly Gallery. The exhibition "Photographic Memory" is comprised of a series of Dávila’s signature cut-out works, which reference Richard Prince’s solo exhibition at LACMA in 2018 is reviewed by Jody Zellen. Where she writes; " The works pay homage to a strategy of art making while also positing that these new creations are uniquely his own." Read the full review here.

Jose Dávila: ‘Photographic Memory’ Kitschy, Ironic and Fun by Jody Zellen Jose Dávila ​ Photographic Memory Sean Kelly January 20 – March 9, 2024 Jose Dávila is a multidisciplinary artist based in Mexico whose conceptual practice spans numerous media. While he creates paintings, works on ...

06/02/2024

Catherine Opie's "harmony is fraught," at Regen Projects, is an expansive exhibition of more than 60 images covering more than thirty years of creative efforts. Read Jody Zellen's review here.

Catherine Opie: ‘harmony is fraught’ Refusing to Be Pigeonholed by Jody Zellen Catherine Opie harmony is fraught Regen Projects January 11 – March 3, 2024 In harmony is fraught, Catherine Opie displays photographic images shot over the entire span of her career. She has been photographing dome...

25/01/2024

Paul Pfeiffer is presented in a 25 year survey at MOCA - Geffen Contemporary. Bringing together more than thirty works and debuting a new commission, "Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom" is the first retrospective of the artist’s multi-disciplinary practice. Read Jody Zellen's full review here.
The exhibition continues through June 16th, 2024.

Paul Pfeiffer: ‘Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom’ Drawing from Art, Historical, Biblical and Religious References by Jody Zellen Paul Pfeiffer Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom Museum of Contemporary Art November 12, 2023 – June 16, 2024 Paul Pfeiffer began exhibiting ...

05/01/2024

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Joshua Hagler: ‘I Would Not Speak of the Mountain’ Paintings Born From the Unconscious by Zara Kand Joshua Hagler I Would Not Speak of the Mountain Nicodim Gallery Los Angeles November 11 – December 22, 2023 As exemplified by bizarre events like the Big Bang, there are many wondrous things tha...

04/01/2024

Ava McDonough showing at Lowell Ryan Projects. "All I Hear Is the Symphony" continues through January 20th. Read the Jody Zellen review here.

Ava McDonough: ‘All I Hear Is the Symphony’ Dense and Idiosyncratic Compositions by Jody Zellen Ava McDonough All I Hear Is the Symphony Lowell Ryan Projects November 18, 2023 – January 20, 2024 Ava McDonough is a young, self-taught, Los Angeles-based artist whose solo debut at Lowell Ryan Pro...

20/12/2023

Amy Adler showing at Night Gallery. The exhibition 'Audition' is reviewed by Zara Kand who writes; "These works not only speak to those fragile specimens of Hollywood, but to contemporary culture at large, which inevitably subjects itself to the scrutiny of audiences derived through the numerous facets of everyday life." Read the full review here.

Amy Adler: ‘Audition’ Speaking to the Fragile Specimens of Hollywood by Zara Kand Amy Adler Audition Night Gallery November 11 – December 22, 2023 In the center of the nation’s film industry, it seems only appropriate that realms of painting and film would merge to create alluring new perspe...

14/12/2023

Joshua Hagler: ‘I Would Not Speak of the Mountain’ Paintings Born From the Unconscious by Zara Kand Joshua Hagler I Would Not Speak of the Mountain Nicodim Gallery Los Angeles November 11 – December 22, 2023 As exemplified by bizarre events like the Big Bang, there are many wondrous things tha...

14/12/2023

Joshua Hagler showing at Nicodim Gallery Los Angeles. The exhibition, "I Would Not Speak of the Mountain" is reviewed by Zara Kand who writes;
"Striving to remove ego from the creative equation allows for unpredictable and uncultivated stimuli to mingle and surge. What we get are expressionistic renderings imbued with vast color spectrums and patterns, as figures and landscapes whirl together in a kaleidoscopic haze." Read the full review here.
The show runs to December 22nd.

Joshua Hagler: ‘I Would Not Speak of the Mountain’ Paintings Born From the Unconscious by Zara Kand Joshua Hagler I Would Not Speak of the Mountain Nicodim Gallery Los Angeles November 11 – December 22, 2023 As exemplified by bizarre events like the Big Bang, there are many wondrous things tha...

06/12/2023

Lia Halloran showing at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. The exhibition "Warped Side" is reviewed by Jody Zellen; who writes; "Halloran’s lines fill empty white spaces and allude to masses that exist beyond our solar system. The works are graceful and allusive, and though grounded in scientific principals, they also engage with the language of abstraction." Read the full review here,

Lia Halloran: ‘Warped Side’ Engaging with the Language of Abstraction by Jody Zellen Lia Halloran Warped Side Luis De Jesus Los Angeles November 4 – December 22, 2023 Warped Side is an exhibition of selected images from the newly-released publication The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey...

23/11/2023

Joe Rudko showing at Von Lintel Gallery. "Double Take" runs through December 2nd. Read the review by Jody Zellen here.

Joe Rudko: ‘Double Take’ Commanding Attention by Jody Zellen Joe Rudko Double Take Von Lintel Gallery October 21 – December 2, 2023 As in his previous exhibitions, Seattle-based artist Joe Rudko begins with other people’s discarded snapshots. He cuts them apart, organizes them by color and s...