Archive for June, 2018

CSULB Photography professor Todd Gray is in a solo exhibition at the Meliksetian Brigs gallery in Los Angeles, entitled Portraits. “In this new body of work, Gray continues to re-contextualize photos from his own archive, structuring images to both conceal and reveal simultaneously.” This exhibition runs from June 15 through September 15, 2018. Prof. Gray also is in the group show Michael Jackson: On the Wall at the National Portrait Gallery in London. This landmark exhibition explores the influence of Michael Jackson on some of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several generations of artists across all media, including Gray’s work as Michael Jackson’s first official photographer. Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, the exhibition will open June 28, 2018 and will coincide with what would have been Michael Jackson’s 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018). Congratulations Professor Gray!

CSULB Sculpture Professor Katie Grinnan has a solo exhibition at Commonwealth and Council entitled Electric Data Wave Seranade. The exhibition cuts across bodies and land, from Death Valley earth to human bodies performing across the landscape to the realm of dreamscapes and sleep data. In a review by the Los Angeles Times, David Pagel writes, “Women’s bodies and nature have long been linked in art. In a brilliant two-gallery exhibition at Commonwealth and Council, Katie Grinnan suggests it’s high time we start thinking of nature in terms of women’s minds.” The exhibition runs from May 12 through June 23, 2018. Congratulations Professor Grinnan!

CSULB art students Anh Huynh, Jordan Sabolick, Nick O’Connell, and Oscar Pearson are all participating in the exhibition Now Trending at Palos Verdes Art Center. The opening reception will be on Saturday, June 9 from 6-9pm, and the exhibition will run from June 9 through July 8, 2018. The exhibition features current art students from leading Southern California art programs, who are invited to mine the cultural landscape of Los Angeles for inspiration leading to the submission of dynamic new work to be showcased in PVAC’s Third Annual Alpay Scholarship University Student Juried Exhibition. Congratulations artists!

In our CSULB Art Galleries, we are having a memorial retrospective to the career of late Professor Domenic Cretara. The exhibition entitled Domenic Cretara: A Painter’s Journey showcases not only his paintings, but also large drawings, prints, and studies. The exhibition has been lengthened and will run through June 7, 2018.  The hours daily are from 12:00 – 5:00pm, with closing day June 7th extended hours from 12:00-7:00pm, and by appointment (562) 544-3834.

Please come by and enjoy the wonderful testament to an amazing career in paint!