Visiting Art Galleries in Los Angeles With my Friend - Mostly Paintings
I wanted to share these photos from my short stay in LA, where we took a day to visit a few Art Galleries that my friend had on his radar and had been meaning to check out.
The first stop was Charlie James gallery. We stopped in here because the location of the gallery was in Los Angeles's chinatown district.
There was a solo show going on here by artist, Jeffery Sincich. His work consisted of paintings that were made of sewn fabric. So, like graphic quilts.
I found the work to be really cool. I liked the shapes and the compositions of almost all of the works. This was a great start to our gallery day.
Super cool work. the show extended into the galleries basement. I documented all the things i thought were really cool, which ended up being almost every painting.
The closer you got to these works, the most interesting they appeared, which is a sign of very strong visual art.
We talked to the gallery owner and he told us Jeffery Sincich is a young artist from San Fransisco.
We left the gallery and headed to our next destination.
I took less time to document the other shows we saw because I wasnt as impressed with them. this one, i was more struck by the architecutre of the inside of the space than the actual paintings, but the combination of both made this show pretty good. I dont remember the name of the gallery or the artist who's work was on display.
i wasnt too impressed by the work here either, but again, the gallery space was super cool. It felt good visiting galleries with my friend. i realized how much i like doing that and its hard to find a good friend who appreciates art the way you do.
I liked how this frame was made, probably 50-60 years ago.
I also liked how the gallery dealt with this electrical outlet.
LA homes are fun to look at as art, if you are not from there. they are kinda cool and unique. the old one floor houses they build back when LA was founded a long time ago
One of the shows an artist painted one of them. it was a weak group show But i took a photo of this painting because i liked the colors.
In conclusion, an inspiring gallery day. It made me want to get back into the studio and compete with the work that was on display. i feel like i could make interesting-enough work to show at some of these galleries. maybe i will move to LA and get a studio and start making work again.
You are right, art from the first gallery is most impressive.
It was a lot of walking, wasn’t it?
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we drove from the first gallery to where we parked, to walk to the other 3
the first one is definitely interesting and particular
I am frequently entertained by what artists choose to create, like the first one above, produce and grocery ads. 😄 You can never tell what will fascinate you and call you to create.
I love the atmosphere paper lanterns create.
I love the house too. I wish people liked their houses fun colors like this. Somehow it is accepted around the beaches and other places like that, but in general, not really. Most are generally kind of boring around here.
That note about the gallery hiding the electrical outlet made me smile. Those small design choices shape how you read the room before you even get to the art. The textile paintings sound like they had the kind of detail that rewards patience. Did any of the making methods spark ideas for your own work?
not really aside from how the first artist cut the corners off his rectangles. and the frames he made. the frames being very much part of the piece, is cool. i have sewed canvas together and stretched it like he does, but not AS the work itself i then painted over it. inspiring though, just makes me want to get back into the studio
Those corner cuts and those built frames make the piece feel like it wears its skeleton on the outside. Since you’ve already sewn and stretched, what if you let the seams stay visible and let the paint play around them instead of over them? When you get back in the studio, what’s the first test you’ll try, a frame experiment or a stitched surface study?
when i get back in the studio, that remains to be seen
Some cool artwork here. It is neat how some ot them are of sewn materials. If only the framed the outlet it may have passed as artwork, haha. Thanks for sharing your visit and sorry I'm a bit late.
thanks for your comment. at first i wasn't sure if this was museum level content, but i'm glad to hear you liked the wall outlet photo too. haha