Email Author Catherine Wagley
Awards
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"The Art of NASCAR"
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Disney Demo"
2011 Stories by Catherine Wagley
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Fathers of the Photo Fetish
published November 10, 2011
Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken had weak spots for vintage porn, though it wasn't vintage when they first started weaving it into their photos... More >>
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History Hoarder
published December 29, 2011
Artist Aaron Wrinkle transferred his studio into Actual Size's small Chinatown gallery, installing his own ceiling tiles, paintings and worn... More >>
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'70s Sunshine
published November 10, 2011
It's tucked back behind LACMA's Art of the Americas building and easy to miss, but Maria Nordman's Filmroom: Smoke, a pair of videos the... More >>
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Punk Country Music and Other Oddities
published December 22, 2011
"Experimental Impulse" at REDCAT is more like an excerpted research library than an art show, with rows of tables lined with printouts and images... More >>
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Not Too Shabby
published December 15, 2011
Recycling for the sake of art is nothing new, but the art in "The Loop," a show at the Beacon Arts Building of work made of cast-off material,... More >>
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Vintage Makes a Comeback
published December 22, 2011
The title of Jancar Gallery's current exhibition, "Vintage Work," is both absolutely accurate and a bit of a jab. It features work by three Los... More >>
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Wordplay
published November 10, 2011
Of all the reasons to visit historically dense "Now Dig This!" — an exhibition at the Hammer of black artists working in L.A. between 1960... More >>
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Hope Chests and Horses
published December 15, 2011
Like a lot of Pacific Standard Time shows, Cirrus Gallery's "Once Emerging, Now Emerging" includes an overwhelming amount of art. But it has an... More >>
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Christmas Monster
published December 15, 2011
Chinatown wants to be L.A.'s Christmas shopping destination this year. The boxy Christmas tree is up in the central plaza, and the area has been... More >>
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Balancing Act
published December 22, 2011
Guy Dill studied at the Chouinard Institute of Art in the late 1960s and has steadily shown in this city ever since. His newer sculptures, made of... More >>
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Everything All at Once
published December 1, 2011
Joe Reihsen's show at The Company feels like obsessive stream-of-consciousness that must have been spurred by something unremarkable — a... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
5 Artsy Things to Do This Week, From Weegee at MOCA to L.A. Art's Equivalent of The Wire
published Dec 28, 2011
This week's picks pretty much sum up the year: L.A. boosterism, '70s nostalgia, autobiographical installation art and women artists recognized a few decades late. 5. The Original Paparazzo At MOCA, ... More >>
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"Constant Comment": Eileen Quinlan
published December 1, 2011
Photographer Eileen Quinlan named her current Overduin and Kite exhibition after the orange rind–flavored tea that gave the Bigelow company... More >>
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Philosophy With Frosting
published November 17, 2011
I didn't know I liked group exhibition "Time and Material" until I'd left. It feels unfinished. You're not sure if you're supposed to step past... More >>
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Crowd-Pleasing Portraitist
published November 10, 2011
Seen online, Chuck Close's larger-than-life portraits look as if they belong in a class with mathematical surrealist M.C. Escher or psychedelic... More >>
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Matthias Merkel Hess
published December 1, 2011
Like glazed, kitschy stoneware mugs you might find in Denver gift shops, Matthias Merkel Hess' new ceramic work has a speckled, faux-worn,... More >>
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Outdone by the Pro
published November 17, 2011
Betye Saar's intimate installation Red Time has been up at Roberts & Tilton for a while, but a new exhibition that just opened in the... More >>
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"Adult Roman Numeral Thirty": Michael Decker, "Zygotic Tendencies": Ronnie Hughes
published December 1, 2011
An artist I knew in grad school once tried to "take back the rainbow." He made paintings and quilts of himself with rainbows growing out of or... More >>
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Top 10 Moments of the Year in L.A. Art
published December 22, 2011
This year had more than its share of so-so exhibitions, but it brought an exciting burst of populism. I'm still convinced that art doesn't have... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Five Artsy Things to Do This Week: From a Neon Prayer Garden to Lunch with Lions
published Dec 21, 2011
Except for an amazing little church near Rampart, all the art on this week's list is out of the 1970s. But enough from that decade is still so good that I guess it's OK to rehash a little longer. 5.... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Marina Abramovic's MOCA Gala Controversy: Jeffrey Deitch Confronted and the Performers Speak Out
published Dec 19, 2011
The guests at MOCA's annual galas are patrons high in the economic hierarchy: politicians, heirs, celebrities, moguls, entrepreneurs who've made bank. Tickets cost an arm and a leg -- they ranged fr... More >>
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Unexpected Collaboration
published November 10, 2011
Richard Hawkins makes melancholic, literary, pop-imbued collage while Aaron Curry makes slapdash, hipster-modern sculpture. I'd never thought of... More >>
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Watts Towers at Pacific Standard Time: How their legacy is more confusing than you'd think
published December 15, 2011
On HBO's Six Feet Under, a visit to the Watts Towers topples Claire Fisher, the undertaker's daughter played by Lauren Ambrose, off... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
5 Artsy Things to Do This Week: From MOCA's Controversial Gala to Christmas in Chinatown
published Dec 14, 2011
Like summer group shows, holiday group shows are hit-and-miss. But two good ones are up right now, one in Inglewood and one downtown, and both mix barely heard-of artists with those who have been aro... More >>
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Doing the Work
published November 24, 2011
Workspace in Lincoln Heights is right next door to a hardware store and around the corner from a workshop that sold DreamWorks animators an army... More >>
