SND News, Reviews & Events: The Longest Day Edition
Hello friends! It's so nice to be back with you again. As usual, things have been active here at arts & letters HQ, plus I've been able to travel a bit, and work on some special projects along the way. Real quick though, before we get into the writing, a note on some imminent events and appearances!
This Sunday, June 23, I'll be at Artbook at Hauser & Wirth downtown, speaking with artist Stas Orlovski at a book signing for his new monograph, Projections. The majestic Claressinka Anderson will read her poem from the book, for which I wrote the essay, and then I'll interview Stas. (This is also the perfect chance, if you've not yet done so, to catch their David Hammons exhibition, a must.)
ARTBOUND just dropped its landmark 10th season, and it is a beauty. It's available for free streaming all over the internet now, I suggest you binge. To help mark the occasion, I did the best I could to wrangle highlights from the life of Artbound from the beginning. I talked to a lot of old colleagues and new friends and the result is this rather epic yet still hopelessly incomplete family portrait of the first decade: "Evolution and Revolution."
Farther afield but still close to home, my profile on the seriously badass mixed media artist Kaari Upson appeared on the cover of FLAUNT for its May (aka Venice Biennial) issue. Upson was a star of the Ralph Rugoff curated show "May You Live in Interesting Times."
As for the L.A. WEEKLY, what can I say! It's really incredible. I'm so proud of the work we've been able to do there in the past year plus, and it's getting better all the time. Of course, I post brand new content, reviews, arts picks, and more at the recently redesigned website every single day (!!!), and I encourage you to follow us on Twitter for even more -- but here some of my recent favorites:
Meet an Artist Monday with Mark Dean Veca; review of "Les Amoureuses" at SHOW Gallery; review of Mi Kafchin at Nicodim Gallery; review of Elliott Hundley at both Regen Projects (new work, through June 22) and MOCA (curatorial project through September 16); a special look at progressive performance art emporium Highways Performance Space, as they celebrate 30 years; a review of Porch Gallery Ojai's double father/daughter exhibition for Charles and Natalie Arnoldi.