Our Own CSULB Gallery Director, Kiel Johnson

The Mark Moore Gallery says:

"Following up his 2008 inaugural solo show with Mark Moore Gallery, Kiel Johnson invites us to step inside his compellingly prolific imagination with several new drawings and a large-scale sculptural installation.

Deviating from his trademark cardboard medium, Johnson presents an altogether different exhibition born of obsessive personal inventory and astute social commentary. Publish or Perish illustrates the rapid expansion of globalized communication and the subsequent dichotomy of a retracted sense of interaction despite a heightened sense of interconnectivity. Using the printing press as the overarching figure of information's evolution, Johnson constructs a type of archival environment that denotes the transformation of our personal relationships to the tangible, the local and the sentimental. Johnson's distinctive fascination with mechanization and fine intricacies is embodied in both his construction of an "autobiographical" printing press, and his meticulous ink renderings, which demonstrate the compulsive human need to produce, document, proliferate and authenticate histories – much like the artist himself."

The Mark Moore Gallery is located at 2525 Michigan Avenue, A1, in Bergamont Station 310/453-3031 Exhibition Opens Sat., 10/17, 5 - 7 PM, and runs from 10/17 - 11/14, Open Tues. - Sat., 11 - 6 PM.

"An Eye-Opening Way of Looking at the Bible..."

For those of you planning on writing about R. Crumb's upcoming exhibition, opening on the 24th of this month, you'd be wise to pick up today's LA Times (Sunday, 10/11) as there is a review by David L. Ulin titled:

"R. Crumb Depicts a Biblically Graphic Beginning" that starts on pg. E10 of the Arts & Books Section. Save it for the research rewrite portion, & (if you can hold off & not be tempted) wait to read it until after you turned the 1st part of the paper in. Ulin quotes Crumb as saying: " I approached this as a straight illustration job, with no intention to ridicule or make visual jokes."

Sweets & Treats - Prints by Wayne Thiebaud

Yummy! This woodcut, titled "A Slice of Cream Pie with Cherry," is one of many tasty prints by San Francisco artist Wayne Thiebaud on view until 11/2 at The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena. Although minimalist & almost shorthand in style, this print from 1964, has much to recommend it...without the damages of consuming "the real deal."

2009 Lubner Studio Exhibition

Our own Miss Bonnie is having her work exhibited at the 2009 Studio Exhibition in Marina Del Rey opening Oct 17th!

Painting in a President: Shepard Fairey and the Art of an Election

Painting in a President: Shepard Fairey and the Art of an Election

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Shepard Fairey's "Hope" for Obama

I recently went to the "Posters, Prints and Propaganda" Exhibit at the Riverside Art Museum and was surprised to see Shepard Fairey's "Hope" for Obama in all its glory.

-Morgan

Linda Lyke Exhibition

These images appear to be monotypes, but please call the gallery to be certain if you're thinking about basing your Term Paper for AH 365 on them. The gallery's phone # is: 626/799-5551, & they are located @ 306 Hawthorne, in South Pasadena. The show runs until 10/25 & gallery hours are Th - Sat
3 - 6 PM & Sun 2 - 5 PM.
I put the gallery link in the "favorites" listings, so you can see more of Linda's work, along with the work of my friends Nick Capaci & Jonde Northcut.
RS