Email Author Christopher Miles

2010 Stories by Christopher Miles

• Lari's Signature

  published September 9, 2010

  Click here for "Unfinished Symphony: Steve Roden shifts into... More >>

• Andrea Bowers at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

  published July 29, 2010

  As more than a few bumper stickers and rock lyrics have proved over the years, virtuous politics don't guarantee good poetics. But at Susanne... More >>

• Andrew Lord at Santa Monica Museum of Art

  published July 22, 2010

  "Breathing, biting, swallowing, tasting, smelling, listening, watching" might sound more like the name of a series by a performance artist, or... More >>

• Mark Ruwedel: "Now it is Dark" at Gallery Luisotti

  published July 15, 2010

  When you go to see "Now It Is Dark," Mark Ruwedel's latest exhibition of photographs at Gallery Luisotti, try to sneak a peek in the gallery's... More >>

• Aaron Curry at David Kordansky

  published June 17, 2010

  There's an almost passive-aggressive aspect to the titling of Aaron Curry's current exhibition at David Kordansky Gallery. "Two Sheets Thick"... More >>

• Won Ju Lim at Patrick Painter Inc.

  published June 10, 2010

  A massive undertaking that spans both Patrick Painter Inc. spaces at Bergamot Station, Won Ju Lim's latest offering stems from... More >>

• Alice Neel at L.A. Louver

  published May 27, 2010

  If you can't make it to the Alice Neel retrospective currently on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, L.A. Louver offers an impressive... More >>

• Mark Bradford: Hometown Hero

  published May 20, 2010

  An artist commonly regarded in the contemporary-art circuit as being as smart, pleasant and talented as he is tall, Mark... More >>

• Liz Larner and Catherine Opie at Regen Projects

  published May 13, 2010

  Even with all the clusters of galleries around town, how often do you get to park your car once and see two impressive shows? You can right now... More >>

• John Millei at Ace ... and Ace

  published April 15, 2010

  If only Ace had already opened its forthcoming third L.A. space (due in October), we could have had a John Millei trifecta. But as it is,... More >>

• David McDonald at Jancar Gallery

  published April 8, 2010

  As a sculptor, David McDonald has routinely embraced the small and the modest. The quantities of materials he utilizes — bricks, plaster,... More >>

• Judy Fiskin at Angles Gallery

  published April 1, 2010

  Judy Fiskin routinely traverses boundaries of class and culture, and not just the particulars of "high" and "low" cultural products but the... More >>

• Mark Grotjahn and J.B. Blunk at Blum & Poe

  published March 25, 2010

  There's a lot of Picasso going around these days, and the symptoms present themselves clearly in Mark Grotjahn's current show in the downstairs... More >>

• Robert Mallary at the Box

  published March 18, 2010

  You don't have to look far to come across curious descriptions of the materials and media that go into works of contemporary... More >>

• Konstantin Bojanov at Otero Plassart

  published March 6, 2010

  If you've spent any time looking at contemporary art over the last 15 years, you've likely seen the impressive handiwork of Konstantin Bojanov,... More >>

• Kathryn Andrews, Heather Cook, Lesley Vance, Lisa Williamson at David Kordansky Gallery

  published February 18, 2010

  With such variety of work, one may initially perceive this show's connective tissue as simply the stats of those included:... More >>

• Rodney McMillian at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects

  published February 11, 2010

  If you wait until the last minute to see the Rodney McMillian exhibition inaugurating Susanne Vielmetter's new space (on Washington just west... More >>

• Tom LaDuke at Angles Gallery

  published January 28, 2010

  Asking about the "seeming conflict, or antagonism, between painting's representational function and its self-reflection," the art historian and... More >>

• Allison Schulnik at Mark Moore Gallery

  published January 21, 2010

  It comes as little surprise when you learn that Allison Schulnik got her degree (from CalArts) in experimental animation. Her paint —... More >>