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22 Mar 12

Free Day

As reported in the LATimes some museums that are offering a free day as the PST exhibitions conclude.

Museums offering free admission on March 31st include

American Museum of Ceramic Art
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
California African American Museum
Chinese American Museum
Eames House Foundation
Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Grammy Museum
LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mingei International Museum
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives (West Adams and West Hollywood)
Pacific Asia Museum
Palm Springs Art Museum
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Pomona College Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College

the Getty has a free admission policy, however parking is not ($15).

16 Mar 12

LEGO Minimalism

These images and a few others came across my news reader today from a few sources. The first post simply said “Lego Minimalism,” and I immediately thought of Anne Truitt. It turns out they are of cartoon character. Oh, Art Nerd.

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Donald Duck

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South Park

Here are some Anne Truitt sculptures.
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Baltimore

12 Mar 12

Mark Bradford

I went to see Mark Bradford’s exhibition at SFMOMA today. I should have planned better as part of the exhibition is at Yerba Buena which is closed on Mondays. The exhibition at SFMOMA mostly focused on the Large collages/paintings for which he is best known.

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Besides the collages, Niagara (2005) was on view. It is a simple and, for me, a perfect video. The camera is locked down at about waist height looking down an LA sidewalk. A male enters from behind and right of the camera and proceeds to walk down the street till nearly out of view (3:17 minutes).

8 Mar 12

Darkroom

recently completed painting. Darkroom, oil on canvas over panel, 18 7/8 by 30 1/2 inches.

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7 Mar 12

Mondrian

I have a list of things I was going to do today, some of which will get done, but I have been thwarted by some exterior forces—thus some blog posts.

This is from SFMOMA on the occasion of Piet Mondrian’s birthday.

7 Mar 12

Beef Straw

There are less and less things one can’t get.

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27 Feb 12

CAA plus

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This is one of my favorite paintings (John McLaughlin) at the Norton Simon Museum.

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A table in one of the very large rooms at the CAA conference—Los Angeles Convention Center.

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The entry to the Diebenkorn Ocean Park exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art

3 Feb 12

source images – portraits (sample)

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megan

michelle

13 Jan 12

incised painting

This is my second attempt at an incised painting. It is only paint.

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5 Dec 11

works/ing

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Augur, oil on canvas over panel, 2011

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study for a portrait

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