Amra Brooks

JP Munro

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Amra Brooks
Matthew Monahan at MOCA Focus Grand Avenue Local artist Matthew Monahan shows his theatrical sculptures and drawings in his first solo show in L.A. — busts, heads and torsos placed on or next to pedestals, plinths or plexiglass display boxes. While the disembodied parts are larger than life, the sculptures......
JP Munro

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Amra Brooks
Matthew Monahan at MOCA Focus Grand Avenue Local artist Matthew Monahan shows his theatrical sculptures and drawings in his first solo show in L.A. — busts, heads and torsos placed on or next to pedestals, plinths or plexiglass display boxes. While the disembodied parts are larger than life, the sculptures......
A scene from Contraption Spell

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Amra Brooks
Contraption Spell at REDCAT Described by its creators as an art piece in the form of a folk opera, Contraption Spell makes up part of the final program at the New Original Works festival. Interdisciplinary artists Kelly Marie Martin and David Jones have collaborated for years on visual, musical and......
A scene from Contraption Spell

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Amra Brooks
Contraption Spell at REDCAT Described by its creators as an art piece in the form of a folk opera, Contraption Spell makes up part of the final program at the New Original Works festival. Interdisciplinary artists Kelly Marie Martin and David Jones have collaborated for years on visual, musical and......
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Amra Brooks
Charles Gaines’ Greenhouse at LA> Charles Gaines’ enclosure allows us to enter what feels like a completely contained environment, a large-scale terrarium of sorts. Colored lights and hazy fog are controlled by a computer that reads the amount of pollutants in the air specific to the Los Angeles basin. The......
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Amra Brooks
Charles Gaines’ Greenhouse at LA> Charles Gaines’ enclosure allows us to enter what feels like a completely contained environment, a large-scale terrarium of sorts. Colored lights and hazy fog are controlled by a computer that reads the amount of pollutants in the air specific to the Los Angeles basin. The......
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Amra Brooks
Videos by Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn at the Hammer Museum Don’t miss these two screenings that are part of the current “Eden’s Edge: Fifteen L.A. Artists” exhibition at the Hammer Museum. One shows work by the video team of Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, the other is a program......
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Amra Brooks
Videos by Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn at the Hammer Museum Don’t miss these two screenings that are part of the current “Eden’s Edge: Fifteen L.A. Artists” exhibition at the Hammer Museum. One shows work by the video team of Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, the other is a program......
David Korty

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Amra Brooks
David Korty, China Art Objects Galleries David Korty’s new paintings are somewhat of a cross between Matisse, Munch and Peter Max, if you can imagine. Swirling stripes and rainbowlike patterns are the backdrop to seemingly mundane activities like strolling through the Huntington Gardens or dining in an airport lounge. Korty’s......
David Korty

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Amra Brooks
David Korty, China Art Objects Galleries David Korty’s new paintings are somewhat of a cross between Matisse, Munch and Peter Max, if you can imagine. Swirling stripes and rainbowlike patterns are the backdrop to seemingly mundane activities like strolling through the Huntington Gardens or dining in an airport lounge. Korty’s......