Ltd Los Angeles is an inconspicuous gallery nestled into Sunset Blvd. a block from a great comic book store, two good restaurants, and an awesome dirty Mexican joint. The gallery has been open for a while, but with blacked out windows and a small logo, it is hard to spot. Their fourth and current show in the large and welcoming space features the work of Kalup Linzy in an exhibition titled Fantasies, Melodramas, and a Dream called Love. Unfortunately, Linzy’s show is disappointing.
Craig Platt
Craig Platt has been following art for fifteen years and writing about it for one. His interest in the arts includes painting, sculpture, fiction, poetry and folklore. Platt currently lives and works in Los Angeles and when he isn't completely overwhelmed with his day job he's reading, looking at art and writing. He was raised in New York back when the Meat Packing District wasn't safe to walk around in and Times Square was a place you weren't supposed to go, but you did.
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The Art World Gets Trashed
This problem isn’t just with the state of criticism in the Los Angeles art world, it’s music and books now too. It is as if anyone who puts pen to paper or fingers to keyboard are more fanboy then critic. It’s one thing to be enthusiastic, loving, and caring for a medium you believe in deeply, it’s another to be so blinded by your affection that you can no longer be honest with yourself and your audience. It’s about liking something solely based on hoping that you will be liked back.