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Los Angeles Art Show 2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Today, Sunday, is the last day of the 2012 LA Art Show. A visit pays off for the whole family! There is so much to see that not only kids are busy watching but also participating.
It’s an experience to watch so much different art of all kinds of styles at one place. There are also special events offered throughout the day. From printmaking to fine art lectures. Some showcasing galleries have some of their artists present and one can engage with the artists, talk about their art and find out more about them and their work first hand. Corzine Fine Art (Booth B140) had a special event: Artist Yuri Yuroz decorates white T-shirts (don’t forget to bring one with you!) with a painting.

On another side of the exhibition hall, James Peterson’s spectacular installation ‘Hypoxia’ is attracting  admirers of all ages. Children are in heaven here since the artist actually encourages them to touch and experience his artwork. In fact interaction with his installation is necessary to bring the installation ‘to life’: Touch causes certain lights to turn on in parts of the installation while sudden blows of air create unexpected movement.

The LA Art Show is open today, Sunday, January 22, 2012, from 11am – 5pm

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Alexander Calder at OCMA

Posted on May 7, 2011 by | 1 Comment

The Orange County Museum of Art is well worth a visit these days. Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy opened on April 10th and features quite an impressive number of pieces (about 30) by famous American Sculptor Alexander Calder, the master and inventor of mobiles as an art form.

“When Alexander Calder first invented the mobile, he ushered in a new form of sculpture, using free-moving parts to create a flowing kinetic work of art” (What is Kinetic Sculpture? ) Born into a family of well known artists, his father and grandfather were sculptors, and his mother a painter, Alexander Calder did his first piece of art at the age of four in 1902 – a clay elephant. Later on he studied electrical engineering before he dedicated himself completely to his art. Inspired by Mondrian and Juan Miro, while spending time in Paris, his work features bold colors and geometric shapes. 

All his work radiates flow and harmony and walking the exhibition at OCMA is an absolute joy to the eye and our senses of esthetics. Parts of the show include also other artists’ work who, inspired by Calder, tried a similar style. Martin Boyce was my favorite and in my opinion comes closest to the union of esthetics and form as exemplified by Calder.

Great for kids is the experiment room (visitors studio) right next to the reception area.  ”Organized by the Education Department, … it is a participatory space for all ages to explore the artistic process. This interactive room offers opportunities to engage … through unique activities for thinking, looking, listening, touching, creating and playing…” (OCMA.net)

Visit OCMA for Mother’s Day tomorrow. All galleries will be open for free from 11am to 5pm.  A special program for children will be offering several attractions from story book readings of “Calder’s Circus” to special Mother Day crafts.

Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA)  at 850 San Clemente Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660

Phone | 949-759-1122
Admissions Desk: ext. 243

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Multimedia Art Project – ReConstructing the Wall

Posted on November 18, 2009 by | Leave a comment

The multimedia art project “Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall”  that received the Grand Prize of the IBM Innovation Awards for artistic creation in art and technology at the Boston Cyberarts Festival will be on view at the Goethe Institute, Los Angeles, November 20 – December 3, 2009.

Tamiko Thiel and Teresa Reuter are the primary collaborators on the artist team T+T and the designers of the virtual wall exhibition. Their work crosses the boundaries not only of art, design and technology, but also of politics, history and culture.

The virtual reality artwork “Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall” investigates the impact of the Berlin Wall, which divided West and East Berlin during the Cold War from August 13, 1961 to November 9, 1989. A digital reconstruction of a segment of the dismantled Berlin Wall and its surrounding neighborhoods creates a place of rememberance that users can explore in order to to experience and reflect on this historical time.

As in a 3D computer game, users can wander along the Wall – not in the role of the omnipotend border guard, gun in hand, but in the role of a normal Berlin resident who must live day in and day out with the presence of the Wall.

Opening reception:  Thursday, November 19th 2009 , 6 to 9 p.m.

Goethe-Institut Los Angeles
5750 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Info: +1 323 5253388

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More Art Happenings In and Around L.A.

Posted on October 16, 2009 by | 1 Comment

This weekend seems to be full of opportunities to dive into all kinds of art experiences in and around Los Angeles.

The Miracle Mile Artwalk will be held on Wilshire Blvd on Saturday, October 17th, from 4pm to 10pm. Visit more than 40 participating galleries and attend free Artists Talks. Entrance to LACMA, CAFAM & MAK Center will be FREE on that day.

Santa Monica Art Studios will host its 5th Anniversary Open Studios. Indulge in contemporary art with more than 30 painters, printmakers, photographers, sculptors and mixed media artists having their studios open for the event. October 17, 6-9PM & October 19th, 1-5PM

In the mood for buying some  great original art at reasonable prices? There are two auctions going on this weekend:

The Museum of Latin American Art , MOLAA, in Long Beach will host its Auction 09 on October 17, 2009 This is a significant auction of modern and contemporary Latin American art . More than 120 museum quality works of art will be featured including paintings, sculptures, works on paper and prints by renowned and emerging artists from Mexico, Central and South America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.

Santa Monica Auctions will have the Fall Live Public Fine Art Auction at the  Bergamot Station Art Center on Sunday, October 18th at 1PM, featuring Original Advertising, Urban & Illustration work in addition to Modern & Contemporary Photography, Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Mulitples and Prints.                     Location: Building I (Writer’s Boot Camp) @ Bergamot Station Arts Center.

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