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2011 Stories by Catherine Wagley

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  FEATURED STORY

  Kenneth Tam Turns Craigslist Casual Encounters Into Video Art

  published Aug 19, 2011

  One of L.A. artist Kenneth Tam's most recent videos begins with Tam taping shut a big cardboard box. There's a man inside, we quickly realize, and he has an agenda. "Have you ever wanted to be an ex... More >>

• Mr. Fish at Robert Berman Gallery: A Cartoonist Who Wants to be a Disease

  published Aug 08, 2011

  It's not often you hear "amen" followed by outright laughter at art openings. But hang an army of political cartoons in a gallery and people react as if they're in a tent meeting listening to a preac... More >>

• "Ed Ruscha: On the Road" at Hammer Museum

  published August 4, 2011

  Six paintings hanging together upstairs in the Hammer Museum all look brand new: Their bold mineral blue, teal and burnt orange... More >>

• Perform Chinatown Festival: Vikings, Bunnies, Unicorns, Masturbation, an Emperor With (Literally) No Clothes and More

  published Aug 01, 2011

  Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman masturbating under the stairs. You c... More >>

• Jacob Kassay at L&M Arts: 27-Year-Old, $290,500-Painting Superstar Is Actually Pretty Good

  published Jul 22, 2011

  It's not helpful to know an artist's work has sold in the secondary market for nearly $300,000 before you've seen it in person. Nor is it helpful to know the same artist had collectors on a list som... More >>

• 'Post 9/11' Exhibit at OHWOW Gallery: What 21st Century Art of Rebellion Looks Like

  published Jul 15, 2011

  When Osama bin Laden was killed in May and young people, "the Millennials," gathered at the White House, Lafayette Park and Ground Zero in a surprising burst of euphoria, their optimism was unnerving... More >>

• Cy Twombly and Los Angeles: A Shaky Relationship

  published Jul 08, 2011

  The painter Cy Twombly, who died Tuesday at the age of 83, has always, perhaps unfairly, been associated with high culture headiness. Sure, he came of age in New York alongside pop forerunners Jaspe... More >>

• Bas Jan Ader, Zoe Crosher, and the Art of Disappearing People

  published July 7, 2011

  Some artists take risks because they have insatiable confidence. French conceptualist Yves Klein may be the most famous... More >>

• Are You A Flaker Then You Might Like JB Jurve's Exhibit About...One Sec, I Got a Text

  published Jun 24, 2011

  When I visited JB Jurve gallery, an eight-month-old space off Broadway in Chinatown, last Saturday, the door was locked. Later, I called the number listed and found they had closed early in anticipa... More >>

• I Can See You: What's With Those Scrims Separating David Smith's Sculptures at LACMAr

  published Jun 16, 2011

  "I don't make boy sculptures," said artist David Smith, interviewed in 1964. All the willowy, boxy or shiny metal beings he built were girls, some explicitly modeled after his own adorable daughters,... More >>

• "Out the Window" Brings Art to L.A. Buses

  published June 2, 2011

  In February, artist Anne Bray took a small team of researchers into L.A.'s bus system, asking people how they felt about art.... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Christian Marclay's The Clock Winds Down at LACMA, Applause Erupts at Midnight

  published May 17, 2011

  (Also check out Catherine Wagley's previous post: "Christian Marclay's The Clock Starts Ticking at LACMA") When midnight struck in Christian Marclay's The Clock, the crowd in Los Angeles County Mus... More >>

• Christian Marclay's The Clock Starts Ticking at LACMA: No Lines Down the Block but 24-Hour Film is, Believe it or Not, a Crowd Pleaser

  published May 16, 2011

  When Christian Marclay's The Clock, a 24-hour film mash-up that strings together clips of ticking timepieces, screened at New York's Paula Cooper Gallery this past February, lines stretched down 21s... More >>

• Turning a Negative Into a Positive

  published April 28, 2011

  Anyone who’s mistakenly exposed a roll of film to sunlight has felt that weird push and pull between stabbing... More >>