They call it the “Magic City” and the “Dream City.” The essayist and critic John Leonard found it to be a perfect cinematic backdrop, “a surreal sandwiching of abstract art and broken mirrors and picture postcards and laboratory slides and revolving doors.” Miami, Leonard wrote, “is whatever the camera wants it to be.” …
by Stephanie Washburn
Brian Bress received his MFA from UCLA and his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. Bress has exhibited his work at the New Museum in New York City, the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, and the Parrish Art Museum in South Hampton, New York.
by Stephanie Washburn
A pioneer of Los Angeles video, Hilja Keading looks at the intersection of psychology and comedy. Her works include video installation, sculptural installation, billboards, drawing, and painting. She has received the National Endowment for the Arts New Genre Fellowship, and her work has been featured in national and international exhibitions, including the Getty Museum’s “History of Video in California” in 2008, “Videoformes” in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and “Made In California” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. …
Valentine’s Day starts early for the florists. On February 13th, hours before most people were waking up, the business of buying and selling was underway in the six square blocks that make up L.A.’s Flower District. Zócalo invites our readers to check out the roses before they arrive at your local florist—or at your door. …
Inspired by the civil rights and black power movements, drawn to L.A. by economic opportunity, and nourished by a thriving Southern California arts scene, African-American artists formed a historic cultural community in the city in the 1960s and 1970s. They would influence not just one another but also the course of 20th century art in the region and the nation. As the exhibition Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 goes into its final weekend at the Hammer Museum, we present a selection of work—sculpture, painting, mixed-media projects—from a group of pioneering artists including Betye Saar, John Outterbridge, and David Hammons. Get a taste here, then catch Now Dig This!—which the Los Angeles Times named one of the 10 best museum shows of the year —while you still can. …
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