Culver City Contemporary Art

Culver City — All of a Sudden

WHAT AM I DOING HERE? I came to Culver City all of a sudden a couple of months ago after nearly 30 years in San Diego. I was fairly well known there as an artwriter and critic. I also opened and ran contemporary art gallery for a couple of years. For a while, I hobnobbed with the greats and near greats of the local art scene.  All of that is quite... [Read more of this review]

Beginnings - Cardwell/Jimmerson

BEGINNINGS - Cardwell/Jimmerson Cardwell/Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Washington Blvd. For reasons having to do with impulse and parking, Cardwell/Jimmerson Contemporary Art, on Washington Blvd was one of the first galleries I visited when I started checking out my new neighborhood.  Tom Jimmerson had just finished installing a show of L.A. and southern... [Read more of this review]

Mandrake’s Rocks

Mandrake’s Rocks Mandrake's La Cienega facade There’s a barely noticeable bar in the middle of a one block stretch of La Cienega between Washington and Venice Boulevards where the two are almost close enough to hold hands.  The block is full of contemporary art galleries - ten of them in all - and not one of them schlocky or touristy. ... [Read more of this review]

The First and the Biggest — Blum and Poe

Blum and Poe was the first gallery to arrive and it’s still the biggest in the Culver City area. Relocating from L.A.’s Chinatown and internationally known, everyone acknowledges that its arrival in 2003 pulled the other galleries into the neighborhood and inspired the birth of some new ones. Its exterior is as uninspiring as all of its... [Read more of this review]

To Billis Gallery and Tony Brown

www.georgebillis.com The realm of abstraction, in particular the constructivist sensibility, shows few of the troubles confronting figuration these days, which seems to be in a general state of chaos as just about anything is possible and welcomed, at least for its moment. The persistent strength and appeal of the constructivist approach is well... [Read more of this review]

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