Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Openings on 9/12/09 Pics: Kevin Appel at ACME, Jorge Pardo at 1301PE, and Victoria Gitman at Daniel Weinberg
Installation View of Jorge Pardo at 1301PE
Installation View of Victoria Gitman at Daniel Weinberg
Victoria Gitman
Kevin Appel
Victoria Gitman
Jorge Pardo
Jorge Pardo
Kevin Appel
Installation View of Kevin Appel at ACME
Friday, September 11, 2009
Gallery Season Preview - LA
September 12th marks the beginning of the gallery season not only here in LA, but also in New York. From Chelsea to Bergamont Station, hundreds of galleries will be showing their new exhibits and presenting new work. It was exactly one year ago, in the midst of a presidential election, that the financial melt-down began and the country slid into recession. The gallery scene looks alot different then a year ago. Some galleries have closed to my dismay, while some have consolidated and moved to new spaces. Galleries like Lizabeth Oliveria, Meisler & Hug, David Patton, Anna Helwig and others have closed since last year.
When I hear about a gallery closing, I do feel a sense of loss. I think Robert Smith in the New York Times put it most eloquently by saying, "An art gallery is like a single-cell organism: it is the crudest but also the most essential life form in the art-world food chain. It is among the easiest of public forums to start up, and therefore the most efficient means of introducing new blood into the system. All it takes is one person with the single-minded determination to get the work of an artist or two seen and a reasonably clean, well-lighted space of almost any size — something that is becoming a more affordable option as rents soften and storefronts..."
When a gallery closes, I feel that a conduit or a way for artists to show their work dies. As the new season begins, I go the openings tomorrow with greater appreciation of the galleries that take risks and show the most cutting edge art out there. I look forward to seeing as many gallery openings tomorrow. I will have a report as well pictures (an experiment, let's see how it works). Have a great weekend.
When I hear about a gallery closing, I do feel a sense of loss. I think Robert Smith in the New York Times put it most eloquently by saying, "An art gallery is like a single-cell organism: it is the crudest but also the most essential life form in the art-world food chain. It is among the easiest of public forums to start up, and therefore the most efficient means of introducing new blood into the system. All it takes is one person with the single-minded determination to get the work of an artist or two seen and a reasonably clean, well-lighted space of almost any size — something that is becoming a more affordable option as rents soften and storefronts..."
When a gallery closes, I feel that a conduit or a way for artists to show their work dies. As the new season begins, I go the openings tomorrow with greater appreciation of the galleries that take risks and show the most cutting edge art out there. I look forward to seeing as many gallery openings tomorrow. I will have a report as well pictures (an experiment, let's see how it works). Have a great weekend.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Super Mario's Art Needs Your Help
Hello My Fellow Readers,
First I want to thank all of you for reading and following my blog. I really appreciate the feedback and the support you have given me since my blog went online in November, 2008. As it reaches the one year anniversary, I have decided that it is time to expand.
I am planning to cover other art scenes in the coming year, and to add photos to my reviews and postings. I cannot do this without your support.
You may have noticed something different about my blog. I have added ads to my blog. These ads will help support the continuing coverage and reviews of galleries and exhibitions around LA and hopefully around the world.
Don't need to send money; All you need to do is click onto the ads and that's it. Your "click" help will make this blog better. Please help by supporting the advertisers on my blog.
Thank you again for your support and continued patronage.
Mario
First I want to thank all of you for reading and following my blog. I really appreciate the feedback and the support you have given me since my blog went online in November, 2008. As it reaches the one year anniversary, I have decided that it is time to expand.
I am planning to cover other art scenes in the coming year, and to add photos to my reviews and postings. I cannot do this without your support.
You may have noticed something different about my blog. I have added ads to my blog. These ads will help support the continuing coverage and reviews of galleries and exhibitions around LA and hopefully around the world.
Don't need to send money; All you need to do is click onto the ads and that's it. Your "click" help will make this blog better. Please help by supporting the advertisers on my blog.
Thank you again for your support and continued patronage.
Mario
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