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Tofer Chin and David O'Brien

This weekend marks the relaunch of Cerasoli Gallery in Culver City, California. The gallery will simultaneously present two new solo exhibitions, featuring the work of artists David O’Brien and Tofer Chin. Both exhibitions utilize a graphically formal language of abstraction, featuring bold colors and hard-edge shapes. Explosions in a Mental Sky features the expansive paintings of Los Angeles based artist and architect David O’Brien. The[…..]

Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers

Photo Credit: Nick DiFilippo Your Donations Do Your Work is a collaborative installation by Los Angeles artists Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers. On view at UCR Sweeny Art Gallery, the installation centers around its “Collection Point,” where visitors can discard clothing and small appliances. These discarded or donated items will then be rehabilitated, becoming part of a barter economy established by Lacy, Bowers and art[…..]

The Armory Show

The Armory Show-The International Fair of New Art officially closes later today in New York City, with hundreds of galleries exhibiting thousands of artists in the West Side’s Pier 94. The Armory Show was introduced in 1999 and took place at the 69th Regiment Armory, the site of the famed Armory Show of 1913 that introduced modern art to America. This year’s show introduced The[…..]

Galeria OMR

Galeria OMR, a Mexico City gallery representing several prominent and emerging Mexican and international contemporary artists, is a participating exhibitor in this years Armory Show at Pier 94. The gallery, which represents Mexican and Canadian electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, whose work is represented above, is showing several interactive works including a piece by the artist composed of a video sensor and LED screen, similar to[…..]

Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing

The Ingleby Gallery‘s current exhibition, Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing, centers a selection of contemporary art around what the gallery asserts to be the theme of transformation. Francis Alys‘ Paradox of Praxis I (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing) headlines the exhibition. The video documents Alys pushing a large block of ice through the streets of Mexico City until it melts and ultimately disappears.[…..]

Lines of Control

Green Cardamom in London and The Third Line, a contemporary Middle Eastern art gallery in Dubai, are presenting Lines of Control, a series of exhibitions taking place in Dubai, Karachi, and London. The series is part of a project begun in 2007 by Green Cardamom which investigates the chaos and creativity present at certain national boundaries. This year, 2007, marked the 60th anniversary of the[…..]

Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) have been collaborating for over two decades since the 1984 launch of Rollins’ “Art and Knowledge Workshop” in the Bronx. The workshop included at risk students who began calling themselves Kids of Survival. They have since exhibited worldwide and their work is represented in the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum of Art, and the Tate Gallery[…..]