By Marina Claire The Middle Becomes Eclectic II is an LA-made small works salon – a large-scale exhibition within an intimate space – of forty Los Angeles area artists. The show’s title is a play on the iconic KCRW alternative radio program that began in LA in 1977. The small works in this exhibit span a wide range of media and styles, all made during the past year, by diverse artists at all career levels, guest curated by Camilla Taylor. The show is on view at The Middle Roo

By Kristine Schomaker I'm watching a Zoom screen where a medical school auditorium at USC is showing a painting of a service dog wearing a medical alert vest, his human hooked up to an IV pole surrounded by pharmaceutical labels and pain scales. The dog's eyes are clear and calm. The human's body is deconstructed into medical diagrams - intestines visible, organs exposed, reduced to systems and symptoms. Ashley Bravin just got out of the hospital with sepsis a week ago. She g

Garel Fine Arts - The Other Side Artist Talk August 16th By Kristine Schomaker Sitting in that room at Garel Fine Art Gallery yesterday,...

Photos by Portia Iversen   Shoebox, Los Angeles November 17 – December 8, 2024 Written by Portia Iversen We gather at Shoebox, a small...