http://art-word.com/blog Art and Words Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:54:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://art-word.com/blog/culver-city-contemporary-art/culver-city-all-of-a-sudden/ BEGINNINGS - Cardwell/Jimmerson [caption id="attachment_178" align="alignright" width="285" caption="Cardwell/Jimmerson Contemporary Art, Washington Blvd."][/caption] 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 ... http://art-word.com/blog/culver-city-contemporary-art/beginnings-cardwelljimmerson/ Mandrake's Rocks [caption id="attachment_111" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Mandrake's La Cienega facade"][/caption] 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 ... http://art-word.com/blog/culver-city-contemporary-art/mandrakes-rocks/ 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 ... http://art-word.com/blog/culver-city-contemporary-art/the-first-and-the-biggest-blum-and-poe/ 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 ... http://art-word.com/blog/culver-city-contemporary-art/to-billis-gallery-and-tony-brown/ The Idea and The Problem of "John Altoon" "Against Design:" A Consideration Andy Goldsworth: Three Cairns inSITE97 http://art-word.com/blog/reviews/34/ for Riviera Magazine; July issue, 2007 Younger artists dream of a moment like this; a first solo show at a major contemporary art gallery.  It's a shot at the big time.  For Adam Belt, this dream comes true on Saturday evening, July 13 when an exhibition of his latest work opens at ... http://art-word.com/blog/writing-samples/adam-belt-at-quint-gallery/ Ghostly forms fill the canvases and drawings created by Israeli-American artist Gayl Sharabi.  These forms, shown in thickly painted outlines barely separable from the ground that surrounds them, reveal themselves to be contours of women, of bottles, and of women in bottles.  Devoid of any architectural or dimensional clues, the space ... http://art-word.com/blog/writing-samples/a-vision-of-wonder-the-art-of-gayle-sharabi/ It's hard to envision a more delightful set of paintings than those produced by Sergey Shaevitch. The colors, lines and shapes that occupy his abstractions intertwine among themselves as though in a dance inspired by the music of a smile. You can feel this experience in Shaevitch's 2008 painting, "Flamenco." Here, ... http://art-word.com/blog/writing-samples/sergey-shaevitch-21st-century-life-imagined/ for Riviera Magazine, December, 2006 Of all the possible roles to play at the top of the art world, the least appreciated belongs to the contemporary art gallery. It's the portal through which new art is seen for the first time by more than a few of the artists friends. It's ... http://art-word.com/blog/writing-samples/quint-gallery-and-heavy-light/