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INTERNATIONAL ART COLLECTIVE - DAILY POSTS FROM LOS ANGELES, CA.
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
Sunday, July 14, 2019
Angie Crabtree - REVIEW
Angie Crabtree’s pop up solo show on Melrose in West Hollywood is delightful. A California native, Crabtree paints glossy large scale gem stones with smooth gradients and great detail. The paintings have custom canvases to fit the form of the stones giving them a great presence. The shop is in a great location for the style near Beverly Hills for glitz, glam and gems. You can imagine the pieces looking great in a variety of spaces from home to history museum.
It’s nice to see something so small, such as a gemstone, enlarged to the human scale. Each work is a portrait of a specific gem, faithfully following the form of the crystal. As formal pieces the straight forward geometric abstractions contend with Mondrian’s or Frank Stella’s. Geologists, metaphysical crystal collectors, and art enthusiasts alike will enjoy this show. The perfectly geometric paintings are as fun to gaze upon as the gems that inspired them.
From Klimt’s gold encrusted and jeweled patterned canvasses and outfits to Warhol’s paintings made of actual diamond dust, gemstones have captured the interest of artists for centuries. Freud’s decadent portrait of the crown, Tekashi 6ix9ine’s existence, Damien Hirst’s diamond skull: Gems are more popular than ever and the market reflects that bling is in.
The show is open through July so make sure to stop by. Check out Angie Crabtree’s website and Instagram, and collect her work. As always look to Sharks Eat Meat daily for all your art and culture news.
https://angiecrabtree.com/
Saturday, July 13, 2019
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Thursday, July 4, 2019
REVIEW - Nelson Atkins
The Nelson Atkins Museum in Kansas City surprisingly rivals the Met, LACMA, or MoMa. It’s extensively large collection spans thousands of years from ancient Chinese bronzes and Egyptian artifacts all the way until modern Warhol’s and contemporary Kehinde Wiley’s. The museum’s collection of ancient works from Egypt, Greece, India, China, Japan, Native America and Africa are stunning. It’s nearly impossible to take in the whole museum in a single visit just like the Met in NYC.
While the Nelson itself is a classically columned limestone museum, with awe inspiring Greco-Italian architecture. Several galleries in the museum are entire architectural spaces transported from afar. The Chinese Temple (Gallery 230) displays some of the Nelson’s collection of over 7,000 Chinese works of art in this 12th Century temple. Sculptures, columns, ceiling tiles, and murals have all bean transported from China to create a space for the focal piece “Guanyin of the Southern Sea.” an elaborate 12th century sculpture. The surrounding space also hosts a rotating display of ancient sculptures. Some of the Bronzes are thousands of years old from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, some of the first cultures to master intricate bronze work. Nearby is an entire wooden Hindu Temple that has been on display since the museum opened in 1933. The walls and ceilings are assembled from several sites in Southern India and date back to the 1500’s. The room houses many beautiful sculptures of Hindu deities.
Other stand out works include a 4000 year old Egyptian sculpture of Senusret III, a Native American sequential calendar titled ‘Winter Count, and a bold red and blue throne chair from Cameroon. The Nelson’s European paintings are some of the finest and rarest in America. There are only ten Caravaggios in America and his ‘John the Baptist’ is easily the most iconic, although I do have a soft spot for his work ‘Cardsharps,’ also on American soil. Bosch’s ‘the Temptation of St. Anthony,’ is a gem. Bosch is one of my all time favorite painters. His works are expansive and uniquely strange. There are usually only between 3-5 on public display in the United States with the majority residing in Spain and northern Europe, so it’s worth stoping by this wondrous little piece. The Nelson also features one of Monet’s Water Lilys, several Van Goghs, Degas and Rodins.
Their modern and contemporary works pack just as much of a punch as the ancient and old masters. The Nelson hosts powerhouses Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Kerry James Marshall, Donald Judge, Lichtenstein, and Thiebaud to name a few. In addition their contemporary rotating exhibitions are always enlightening. During my most recent visit, there was a fun installation by Saya Woolfalk titled ‘Expedition to the ChimaCloud.’
Some personal favorites I must see each time I visit are both the Hindu Temple and the Chinese Temple, the Bear Jug, any Henry Moore bronze blobs that are on display, the samurai upstairs, the demonic portal in a Lucas Cranach painting downstairs as well as Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘Discovery of America’ series housed in the museums theatre. The museum is worth a visit to Kansas City alone, and maybe stay for some of the great food and music. For all your art and culture news, stay tuned to Sharks Eat Meat.
https://www.nelson-atkins.org/
@sharks_eat_meat
@nelsonatkins
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
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Friday, June 28, 2019
REVIEW - 1988
1988 on Melrose Ave in West Hollywood is a fun and vibrant gallery. There were two rooms and two separate shows at 1988 when I visited. The first titled ‘The 90s!’ was a group show with pop culture works paying homage to the the 1990’s and the second was a phenomenal solo show of sports trading cards by Cuyler Smith titled, ‘Trading Cards 4.’
The group show was quirky and alternative. For a collection of work about products and pop icon’s of the 90’s all the familiar faces were there; David Duchovny, Drew Barrymore, Tiffani Amber Thiessen, Keanu Reeves.
I enjoyed the retro ‘iMac G3 -circa 1994’ sculptural pins by Miranda Dressler, and thought they were one of the best pieces in the show. A series of shopping receipts by Eleanor Wells was also quite thoughtful. One of the only pieces in the show that wasn’t blatantly poppy but had more depth and concept. Don’t get me wrong, I love the starry air-brushy, Scully and Mulder painting, but the custom receipts from an era long gone where alluringly haunting. It was a minute record of the past, faked, and yet it still stirred a memory. A spot on experience, that stood out amongst the other works in the room.
In the adjacent room was a collection of limited edition sports cards prints signed by the artist. Upon entering the room it takes a moment to realize that these are no ordinary sports heroes cards. They were characters from sports movies, given MLB style portraits and stat cards, signed and framed by a cheeky artist. Similar to the Trojan Horse, your mind realizes these aren’t athletes but actors’ portraits. It was fun to see the format of card collecting flipped upside-down and introduced to the fine art and film world. It was very fitting for the West Hollywood location and the young, alternative gallery space. The works touch on two worlds of collecting, card collectors and art collectors. The subject is an anomaly as they are rare limited prints, of sports ’characters’ who have very few sports cards if any in the first place. I was thrilled to see collectables of Tom Cruise as Maverick from Top Gun and Arnold Schwartzenegger as Ben Richards from Running Man.
I highly recommend ‘Trading Cards 4’ by Cuyler Smith. The show may be over but collect their work, follow their social media, and check out their website for really cool stuff. As always, check Sharks Eat Meat daily for art and culture news.
https://nineteeneightyeight.com/
http://cuylersmith.com/
@sharks_eat_meat
@galleries1988
@cuylersmith
@mirandaright
Thursday, June 27, 2019
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Monday, June 24, 2019
REVIEW - Ten Women - Santa Monica
This is my first review in Los Angeles. I found an interesting gallery in Santa Monica near the beach. “Ten Women” is a gallery with 25 years on the scene, managed as a co-op with all the artist’s being contributing members to the space. The space is well organized with each artist having a similarly sized wall space that is excellent for Instagraming. Artists from multiple disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry and fashion are displayed.
One of my favorites was the ‘California’ print by Lori Hedges. I also thoroughly enjoyed Donna Desoto’s ceramic works. They had a fine texture and great colors. The fish creatures were delightful. Fela Ingertila’s 3D collages are fun and bold. The jewelry by Carole Zakkour is subtle with great metal work and finish. Modern art by Sara Cron had a shining similarity to Joan Miro or Kandinsky.
They are a great collective, and the works are curated well together. A complete list of the artists is below. Make sure to visit this charming space in Los Angeles, and check out their website and social media.
Bettina Kleemann, Denise Grigst, Margot Strong, Roz Brody, Sara Cron, Trace Palmer, Trish Tatman, Lori Hedges, Connie Deady, Michelle Dante, Shelly Schwartz, Carole Zakkour, Donna Desoto, Eden Sher, Lane Royall, Marie Kelzer, Rebecca Marie, Tanya Mikaela, Ena Dubnoff, Fae Horowitz, Sage Ryza, Mannig Gurekian, Carol Davis, Becky Gutsell, Anthea Brown, Fela Ingertila, Sandra Hsu, Burcin Ikiz
https://www.tenwomengallery.com/
@ten_women_gallery
@bettina.kleemann
@dgrigst
@saracron32
@karmakulture
@inkymesspress
@carolezakkour
@donnadesoto
@eden_sher
@laneroyall
@mariekelzerdesigns
@rebecca_marie_art
@tanyamikaelaart
@enadubnoff
@sage.ryza
@absolute_mosaics
@antheaart
@sandrahsuart
@burcinikiz
Sunday, June 23, 2019
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