Culver City Art District Summer Solstice On Saturday June 21

       Culver City used to have a yearly art walk in the summer but because of logistics, funding aka budget cuts and the fact  that it made no money for the city  it was axed. Lucky for us it's been replaced by the Culver City Summer Solstice! I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only let down was the lack of food trucks they said would be there, but apparently it was a ruse, which was not that offensive because there is a decent amount of reasonably prices restaurants in the area. There were amazing live music as promised, and of course art- the highest caliber. 

     For anyone who isn't a galley junky like myself, this is the real deal, and by real deal I mean not the Downtown LA Art Walk. Take Honor Fraser for example; their exhibition Openness And Clarity: Color Field Works From the 1960s And 1970s show work by artists who have had a  pivotal influence on abstract art throughout the world and history books. It showcases  artists from LACMA's historic exhibition Post Painterly Abstraction curated by Clement Greenberg. One of my favorite pieces was Frank Stella's Ctesiphon I. 

    Another exhibition I thoroughly enjoyed was Kate Bonner at Luis De Jesus. She had the most amazing interactive exhibit where the gallery provided pictures, colored paper, scissors and glue for visitors to use and create art pieces. Kate also provided instructions on how to create a piece. Her exhibition along with Michael Kindred Knight will be on view until June 28 at Luis de Jesus Los Angeles.

         Some of my favorite exhibitions for this art walk were at Thinkspace Gallery, Anat Ebgi, Cherry and Martin, LAX Art and Sixty 29 Contemporary. I'll cover a few in this entry and the rest in the next 4 entries. 

     Jacub Gagnon, Erica Rose Levine and Brian Mashburn is on view at Thinkspace Gallery until July 12th. I love Jacub Gagnon's work, it's eloquent and engaging. My favorite is The Monarch. 

     Sixty29 Contemporary also had an amazing show with work by Sallie Whistler Marcucci which will be on view until August 29th. They also had amazing live music by Shaye Taylor.