Tender Remains With Maja Ruznick And Yevgeniya Mikhailik At Bustamante Gill

Tender Remains with Maja Ruznick and Yevgeniya Mikhailik at  Bustamante Gill in Culver City's Arts District. Bustamante Gill are the new kids on the block, well technically they're in an enclave behind another gallery on La Cienega with a really amazing interior courtyard  great for openings. Check out the space!

Julian Wasser And Robert Weingarten At Craig Krull Gallery

          Julian Wasser and Robert Weingarten are on view at the Craig Krull Gallery until July 5th. I just love Wasser's photo of Duchamp paying chess with a nude. I feel like it's something you can only really appreciate if you spent a few decades in love with art history. I remember taking classes at Pasadena City College and it seemed like when ever I would ask a art major who their favorite artist was they would say Duchamp. Hey man, if you think this work objectifies or devaules women; look how hard Duchamp is focusing on the chess board. I just love this piece. 

   

Robert Weingarten's work has a haunting quality to it.  It has a lot of substance and it's dreamlike at the same time.   He's already in his 70's and has shown internationally, from Australia, Europe and LA's own MOCA.  

Daniel Phill At George Billis Gallery

         Daniel Phill is on view at the George Billis Gallery in the Culver City Arts District until June 28th. I love his work, the colors are very bold and there's a certain freedom in his brushstrokes. Still life paintings of flowers can be very forgettable and redundant, I've seen the same style over and over again, but Phill's work is none of that.

Yuko Someya At Richard Heller Gallery

Yoko Someya is on view at the Richard Heller Gallery at Bergamot Station until June 28. She's a 34 year old artist born in Japan. Her work has a very traditional feel but I also see some contemporary influences in it.