As December wound down… an arsonist or plural set over 40 fires in a hellish night of “street art” vandalism – starting many of the fires by igniting cars. Weird… on December 18 I was out shooting moonrise pictures, an eerie red crescent moon was rising… On the right there is the moon, but it …
Hey yeah, so there goes 2011. Gotta write what I did this year before I forget… Published a book of Gerald Locklin's poetry YOU NEED NEVER LOOK OUT A WINDOW The Complete Coagula Poems Volume One. Got the book up on Create Space and published a limited edition of 100 hardcover copies signed by the …
This did not make the cut of a recent essay but here it is as its own little saying:If the appetizers were as bad at Los Angeles restaurants as often as the art is regularly terrible at the galleries and museums, we would have all died of food poisoning. Since bad art does no damage …
If you are going to have an art show on the subject of punk rock, an industrial warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles is a load better than a westside art gallery to make the thing work. And a poster for a Bad Brains gig stripped from a New York Subway Wall and framed for the …
New Art Review Policy: If I cannot take pictures, I cannot write about it. You want me to put my own words to the art, I need to record and publish my own images. I will not fill out a form. I will not ask for special treatment. I will not accept your official images …
If you are a reader of political blogs, the following is called a “Fisking”. If you are a reader of sports blogs, you may know what the term “The Fire Joe Morgan Treatment” means. When one encounters a wholly offensive opinion piece in a field that inspires your personal passion, it is time to be …
I just cut this out of a 5,000 word essay but wanted it to be somewhere in the universe, so here it is… In the struggle to find a creative process that satisfies an artist, every creative person refines their way of thinking and develops their technique to reveal this pattern of thought as it …
I can truly say that I had a vacation.
Here you have a nice film covering my art show and the opening pretty cool…
Word came this afternoon that gallerist Hermann Bachofner died on Monday, May 30. I worked with Hermann Bachofner a few times over the years at the Ruth Bachofner Gallery, curating two shows there more than a decade ago. He brought to America his native Swiss love of precision that translated well to the path he …
Where are the interesting artists? In their studios of course! Art commentator Mat Gleason knows the inner workings of the Los Angeles art scene as well as anyone. He wants to take you on a voyage of discovery into the place where it most happens: The artist’s studio. Whether you are an art collector, investor, …