tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:32:36 +0000<b>-Art happenings here and sometimes elsewhere-<br>-Funnies and Formalities of the art world in general-<br> Leora Lutz Go-Abouts...</b>http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/index.htmnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)Blogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-7621961782175161481Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:15:00 +00002008-11-19T09:32:36.314-08:00In the December issue of Coagula, I have a piece published. Please pick one up and have a sit-down with it. Coagula will be going paper-less -- big news in the world of newspapers. If you love paper, you can still print it out and keep it in your ephemera collection. Coagula is included in Moca Collections, so don't you want to fit in? Here are some elusive excerpts to entice you to read: http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/11/coagula-knot-two-be-not-to-bee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-5407587599613195627Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:12:00 +00002008-11-11T16:22:56.068-08:00ghetto gloss gallery friday the 14th -- 7pm i drank cosmos for about 4 saturdays in a row. they wore bikinis and gorilla masks. it was at la cita - one of the best bars in downtown for a weird time. that's right - a bar + live drawing. he tried to get his guy friends on motorcycles to show up. in addition to the cosmos i drew pictures of the girls in gorilla masks. he cheered me on. come on. http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/11/bikini-girls-in-gorilla-masks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-4577131198732184295Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:59:00 +00002008-11-11T16:23:45.291-08:00hope success recession react act react success hope holograms...i digress.http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/11/election-highlights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-1262727357724775823Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:36:00 +00002008-10-29T10:37:12.146-07:00http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/moca-contemporaries-party-tonight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-4151943499013218772Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:33:00 +00002008-10-24T11:24:35.611-07:00Perhaps some of you know that I recently came on board with the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs as Program Assistant for the CULTURAL MASTER PLAN. There has not been an enacted plan for the city since 1992. Having grown up and lived in LA all of my life, I can say that I seriously did not notice anything outside of my own art world that might give tourists, new residents or the http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/la-arts-and-culture-meccaleader.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-6328133323979513830Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:46:00 +00002008-10-20T22:51:28.991-07:002 reasons to drive-by THE CORNER OF SPRING AND 4TH 5 feet of this And this http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/drive-by-on-spring-and-4th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-2516822948810155453Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:07:00 +00002008-10-22T23:14:28.981-07:00Hi everyone, Perhaps some of you know that I was elected on the Board for Moca Contemporaries. They are an organization that helps raise funds for exhibitions at the museum. For those of you even less familiar, this is a VOLUNTEER JOB out of the goodness and passion of all of our hearts who happen to donate time to get things done for Moca, who love art and nice, amazing people. Come on over to http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/2-moca-events-coming-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-1908926917804483416Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:33:00 +00002008-10-07T21:31:51.670-07:00This is technically a Pre-Go-About. I will be in Downtown Los Angeles this Thursday, October 9th. I haven't been to the Art Walk in a really long time. In fact, I 'm embarrassed to say how long it has been since I have been there on a Thursday night. But I have been told that it is absolutely packed and crazy now-a-days. Well, I have to confess that there is a personal reason that I am going tohttp://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/leora-lutz-go-about-downtown-los.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-5919256052122215643Sat, 04 Oct 2008 10:15:00 +00002008-10-04T15:31:50.484-07:00nucularhttp://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/10/not-word.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-5657238207590425195Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:00 +00002008-09-30T09:39:27.898-07:00In the aftermath of the East of Eden Exhibition, and listening to NPR this morning... American Library Association's Banned Book Week. The example used was John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. He also wrote East of Eden. excerpt from NPR Sept. 29 marks the beginning of the American Library Association's annual "Banned Books Week," a commemoration of all the books that have ever been removed from http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/irony-of-banned-books.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-7369612521925965479Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:09:00 +00002008-09-30T08:21:42.169-07:00 Here are some pics of the East of Eden Exhibition I helped coordinate. It is the first project that Gallery Revisited has participated in without brick and mortar. Or without white walls...essentially, without having a permanent location. Michael C. Hsiung Elana Kundell Paige Wery Thanks go out to everyone who helped, who came and supported, who enjoyed themselves and who collected art..http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/east-of-eden-wrap-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-2770137894682179616Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:45:00 +00002008-09-23T16:42:07.252-07:00This weekend there is a cool tour coming up of the Marmol Radziner Pre-Fab Factory and a day-long cosmopolitan excursion by bus to several Pre Fab homes around Los Angeles!! PRE FAB FACTORY TOUR: Saturday, September 27 at 3pm An introductory discussion and behind-the-scenes tour of Marmol Radziner Prefab, a working prefab factory located east of Downtown Los Angeles in Vernon. Learn about the http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/pre-fabulous-tour-september-27th-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-5845868753518913032Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:13:00 +00002008-09-17T02:38:53.999-07:00East of Eden Exhibition is this weekend. Sept 19th - 20th. 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90027 Just West of Vermont Michael Hsiung started installation Monday. You can see a face peeking into the edge of frame...let me tell you, this one takes the cake of all previous Michael murals. ...and check out the vast space!! 10,000 square feet Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Park. http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/east-of-eden-exhibition-progress-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-6142627278892280170Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:14:00 +00002008-09-11T18:00:31.899-07:00Jasper John's Flag Andy Warhol Camouflage Suite Wayne Coe Lenticular Themes in Iraq A giant flag Flag draped coffins Hopefuls holding the Shepard Fairey Hope Postershttp://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/911.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-2731305947124217451Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:08:00 +00002008-09-17T10:51:33.209-07:00I helped coordinate this BIG event. One little blog just won't do. Numerous art magazine sponsors, drink, food, goody bag ingredients, DJ, Moca Liaison-ing, ideas, conceptualizing, organizing, inviting and so on - I have been so busy. Please come out and enjoy this weekend with me! ::East of Eden:: 15 galleries -- 3 days and ONE BIG NIGHT -- Installations -- Live Silkscreening -- and more! Thishttp://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/multi-gallery-exhibit-in-one-space-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-6238179529688458385Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:00:00 +00002008-09-10T16:26:22.421-07:00DOWNTOWN LA HISTORIC AND ARTISTIC SCAVENGER HUNT and afternoon cocktail party!! This looks like fun -- check it out! I'm going. Click on the image to enlarge and see the details. MORE INFO HERE: DATE: Sunday, September 14 TIME: 1:30 - 4pm (hunt) 4 -6pm (post-hunt happy hour at Lime) MEET: Purple Fountain in Pershing Square between 5th and 6th Streets, Olive http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/historic-downtown-la-scavenger-hunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-436881330482286517Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:45:00 +00002008-09-11T13:18:50.869-07:00East of Eden is coming!! Add this somethin'- somethin' to your Fall Art Season calendar now! 15 galleries -- 3 days and one big night -- Installations -- Live Silkscreening -- and more! Friday September 19th from 4pm to 9 pm ... Soft Opening / Press Preview / Sneak Peek Saturday September 20th 12pm to 5pm - Open Public day hours 6pm to 8pm - Private Party for Moca Contemporaries 8pm to http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/09/east-of-eden-multi-gallery-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-4584874582874493216Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +00002008-09-05T22:59:08.629-07:00I have been super busy since the gallery closed its doors on June 29th. I have been blogging about things this last July, but August flew by like I can't even explain. Here's a little synopsis of the last 8 weeks that I haven't mentioned yet: Been working in East of Eden...coming soon. SAVE THE DATE!! September 19th, 20th and 21st!!! THE MAGAZINE HAS HIT THE STREETS, FOLKS -- GO GET ONE, IT http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/08/what-has-gallery-revisited-been-up-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-5632716128005469216Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:50:00 +00002008-08-01T14:21:40.766-07:00I think there is a new blog entry brewing..."How I Met You" Series. Sometimes it does not come down to a single point or beginning, but what happens in-between up to now. I mean, like otherwise, we would be saying to ourselves, 'I wouldn't be here if I wasn't born'. Uh... Regardless, it's fun to remember sometimes. Here is how I met Shana Nys Dambrot: Flash-back to 2004, when Gallery http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/08/how-i-met-you-shana-mys-dambrot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-3853575309797454511Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:00:00 +00002008-07-30T14:31:42.114-07:00An excerpted excerpt in SF Gate response to Chihuly review: "Many respondents insisted that they do not need a critic to tell them what art is or how good it is. Most complained that I denied Dale Chihuly's glass works the status of art and have no business doing so. In today's culture, people need not merely critics to tell them what art is, but also artists, curators, art historians, art http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/critic-critique-pretty-ugly-art-not-so.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-1869968380309805173Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:01:00 +00002008-07-29T16:32:08.742-07:00If you live in LA then you know what that the short term, "La Luz", stands for La Luz de Jesus, the seminal gallery and book publisher of Hollywood and the brainchild of Billy Shire, also of Billy Shire Fine Art. So when you hear people say, "Are you going to La Luz tonight?", that is what they are talking about. Billy gets flack for having a soap store, gift shop, gallery, bookstore all in onehttp://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/la-luz-this-saturday-august-9th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-1432706995719045884Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:52:00 +00002008-07-26T10:30:36.596-07:00The $2 Bill Show organized and curated by Mat Gleason is up until August 23rd. Here is an excerpt of what Mat said on his blog: "The show started out as a necessity to fill the gallery over the summer. Artist Michael Hornyak had participated in our Autumn Juried show and the prize for that exhibit was winning a solo show at the i-5 gallery... So I was hit with this inspiration for the $2 Bill http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/2-bill-show-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-1024587963584117603Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:45:00 +00002008-07-25T20:23:02.263-07:00I helped Peter Frank and the Riverside Art Museum with the installation of the annual Painting's Edge exhibition last week. There are over 50 pieces in all. The show opens on July 26th and is up until August 16th - kind of a quick show, so try to get over there and check it out. Here is an excerpt from the RAM website show description: Every year a two-week workshop in painting - painting http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/installation-at-riverside-art-museum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-2710677398583261850Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:37:00 +00002008-07-25T21:51:02.889-07:00In June I went to "Against the Grain" at LACE, curated by Christopher Russell. The show features Tom Allen, Brian Bress, Robert Fontenot, Wendell Gladstone, Matt Greene, Julian Hoeber, Brian Kennon, John Knuth, Amy Sarkisian, Ryan Taber, Ami Tallman, Kelly Sears, Anna Sew Hoy and Cheyenne Weaver. Christopher gave me one of the best hugs I have received in a long time - a real firm bear hug. http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/leora-lutz-go-about-lace-show-curated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18910663.post-7726102007458049276Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:16:00 +00002008-07-25T21:49:37.776-07:00In July I participated in The Joint Custody Project at Found Gallery in Silver Lake. The show was curated by Shana Nys Dambrot and Tad Beck. Artists were blindly paired and challenged to create artwork together without meeting each other or communicating verbally. I was partner A - which means I started the work. One curatorial theme of the show was Dualities, so this was perfect since I have http://www.blog.galleryrevisited.com/2008/07/joint-custody-project-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (gallery blog revisited)0