Book Review
Beverly Buchanan at the Raw Edge of Art
Instead of leaving the South behind, the polymath artist carried it into her writings, zines, paintings, and “shack sculptures” that echo the architecture of her childhood.
Assemblage
Obituary
George Herms, Titan of West Coast Assemblage, Dies at 90
He transformed found materials and cast-off debris into poetic representations of impermanence, suffused with pathos and humor.
News
Lee Bontecou, Artist of Delightfully Uncategorizable Sculptures, Dies at 91
“I just got tired of sculpture as a big thing in the middle of a room,” the artist once said, adding that she “wanted it to go into space.”
Art
Mocking Materialism with Collage
In his exhibition at Thierry Goldberg Gallery, David Shrobe uses the nonsensical and irrational as tonics for the relentless instrumentalization of what we purchase and consume.
Art
Six Decades of Betye Saar’s Personal, Political, and Mystical Art
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — There are few artists who have been able to become a household name in the art world and still maintain a modesty to their person and in their work.
Art
In an LA Museum, the Master of Junk Dada Gets His Due
LOS ANGELES — Noah Purifoy could be considered something of a late bloomer. He was already in his thirties when he moved from his native Alabama to Los Angeles to attend Chouinard Art School (now CalArts).