The Longshore Unveiling Today!

About two years ago now, the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles contacted Angels Gate about curating a site-specific artwork for the La Salle Lofts.  We put together a process that looked at several Southern California artists and ended up commissioning AGCC Studio Artist Slobodan Dimitrov to design a photo-based labour mural.  Getting to curate [...]

Greetings from Seoul

I’m in Seoul as of about 10pm local time last night, after one of the lousiest flights in memory, and I’m one of those people who loves flying on airplanes. But I’m here, in room 3F at Yena House, a small, efficient little place in Insadong, which is home to literally scores and scores [...]

The District Reviews Plain and Simple

I haven’t got a paper copy in my hot little hands yet, but Vy Pham from The District Weekly has reviewed Plain and Simple, one of the two shows that we’re currently showing at Angels Gate, and it’s also available online for your pleasure.

It’s not all swords and respirators for me these days, I’m still busy as ever over at AGCC, where we’re having a very busy Sunday. Cross-posted from the AGCC Blog.

Sunday is shaping up to be a busy day at the Cultural Center, with two gallery openings, a free pancake breakfast and the Crafty Vixens [...]

Flying Machine Artist Talk With Darren Hostetter and S. Ian Song Tomorrow @ 7pm

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 22, at 7 pm, artists Darren Hostetter and S. Ian Song will take part in a roundtable discussion about their work for Flying Machine, their current two person show at Angels Gate Cultural Center. Flying Machine brings together two artists with a shared enthusiasm for the forms and aesthetics of aircraft, [...]

COLA Grant Workshop at Angels Gate on Monday Night

Cross-posted from the AGCC Blog.

The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs has chosen Angels Gate as the site for one of their COLA workshops. For those who aren’t aware of COLA, it’s a $10000 Award that’s given to a selection of artists in various fields, culminating in an exhibition. It’s geared [...]

Welcome to Fake Iraq Preview – Opening Tomorrow, September 6, 2-4 PM

Jason Kunke’s Model Bunker, 1:2.5 Scale.  Just a little taste of the amazing show that we have opening up tomorrow at Angels Gate.  Reception is 2-4 PM, come join us!

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Finishing School: M.O.L.D. installation shots

Cross-posted from Up at the Gate.

I’ve been watching Finishing School in action as they transform half of Gallery A into a “hot zone-themed wet lab” and the other half into a multimedia cluster for their installation, workshop and performance, M.O.L.D. that starts Sunday. Lots of plastic sheeting is involved, along with petri dishes, pipets, [...]

Project Room G3 Opening at Angels Gate this Saturday

Sojung Kwon has transformed part of her studio at Angels Gate Cultural Center into a project space, and it’s having its inaugural exhibition this Saturday, April 11.  It’s like having an extra gallery that I don’t even have to paint and spackle, let alone curate!  Very exciting.  Here’s the details:

Project Room G3 presents work by [...]

Installing Dark Matter of Fact

Cross-posted from the AGCC blog. This is what I’ve been up to – Christine’s show looks just beautiful.

Christine Nguyen has been up at Angels Gate, installing Dark Matter of Fact. Above, that’s her installing part of her wall piece, a large, site-specific installation that will be on display in the same room as [...]