[”If Love Could Have Saved You, You Would Have Lived Forever.” Installation view, Bellwether Gallery, New York, July 10 – August 8, 2008. Image courtesy of the artists and Bellwether Gallery, New York]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

Bellwether Gallery is currently presenting an exhibition dedicated to death and remembrance. The show, entitled If Love Could Have Saved You, You Would Have Lived Forever, is a gathering of art and objects that references aesthetics, traditional gestures, and the material culture surrounding these specific themes. The show is curated by Becky Smith and features many brilliant artists.

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[David Amico, “Silk Flowers,” 2006. Courtesy of ACE Gallery]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills is presenting Drift-Trace Paintings, an exhibition of work by Los Angeles-based artist David Amico. The exhibit runs through August, so you’ve got some time to see it. But why not make it over this weekend?

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[Courtesy of Moti Hasson Gallery]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

Moti Hasson Gallery is presenting intransit, an exhibit featuring the offerings of 30 artists working in all sorts of mediums (ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, film and video are all represented here). The exhibit works to shed light on struggles like global warming and presents an intriguing look at today’s society. Curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, the show runs through August 18th.

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[Marion Cotillard at the 2008 Academy Awards. Courtesy Jean Paul Gaultier]

Catching up with high fashion czar Jean Paul Gaultier

It was a career-making dress—for the woman who wore it, Marion Cotillard, and the man who designed it, Jean Paul Gaultier. When the French actress walked the red carpet and later accepted the Oscar for Best Actress at the 80th Annual Academy Awards this February, dressed in a la petite sirène gown of ivory crepe embroidered in silver thread, it catapulted Jean Paul Gaultier, l’enfant terrible of French fashion, from a figure of cult status known mostly to the cognoscenti into the rarefied realm of designers whose names, signatures and styles are globally recognizable, even outside of the world of fashion.

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[Pablo Avila, Granada Hills, CA. Acrylic, 24″x 18″]

Los Angeles-based arts education organization Ryman Arts is now staging its annual exhibition of student work. Included in the exhibition are paintings by members of this year’s graduating class of over 40 talented teens (presented here in full color). Check out Ryman Arts’s website here for more information about the show, the organization’s mission, and the young talent it works with! The collection of work is up until July 20th at the California African American Museum in Exposition Park.

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[Jane Benson, “The Swing,” 2008. Tar, ostrich feathers, mirror, steel cable, wood, plastic. Courtesy of Tracy Williams Ltd.]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

Tracy Williams, Ltd. is pleased to present Zero Zone, the gallery’s current exhibit, running through August 8th. The exhibition is curated by David Hunt and features the following artists: Jane Benson, Ian Cooper, David Kennedy Cutler, John Espinosa, Rashid Johnson, Rosy Keyser, Demetrius Oliver, Alyssa Pheobus, Jennifer Ruff, Marc Seguin, and Siebren Versteeg. Great artists and a great gallery.

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[Emmanuel Jean Carlu, “The Eyes of The King.” Courtesy of the artist]

Emmanuel Jean Carlu is a timeless artist. His captivating work allows the mind to do more than simply wander through time and space — it incites reflection of that time and space’s infinite value. (more…)

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[Photograph courtesy of Noe Restaurant]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is showing Marlene Dumas’ exhibit entitled Measuring Your Own Grave through August 22nd. This is the first mid-career survey of Dumas’s work to be organized by an American institution. The exhibit is composed of over 100 paintings and drawings, and each piece is open to speculation by the viewer. In other words, there is not a tacked-on meaning, but rather the creation of each piece evolves with each new viewer perspective. Her work is moving, and its morbid quality makes it that much more enticing to look at.

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[Leonard Aschenbrand, “Reflections Off the Grace Building NYC,” 2008. Courtesy of Fountain Gallery]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

This weekend, check out Fountain Gallery, which is presenting another inspirational group exhibit titled Vistas: Urban & Rural Landscapes. The show is curated by Bonnie and Georgia Stockwell, and will be showing in the back gallery. This is one of my favorite galleries in New York. Its primary purpose is to provide an environment for artists living and working with mental illness and, in doing so, it aims to squash any negative stigmas about such illnesses.

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[The living room of a suite in Putman’s new Hong Kong hotel, The Putman. Photo © Andrée Putman]

French doyenne of design Andrée Putman illustrates that life is best lived not in black, white, or gray, but rather in rich contrast

By Claire Naa

Upon opening the door to Andrée Putman’s office in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, visitors are immediately blinded by the light shining through the space’s playfully constructed design of glass openings and windows. Seated behind a black desk is a tall woman dressed in a stark white suit, her ash blond hair billowing slightly in the breeze from a nearby fan. The window behind her allows the light of day to shine gleefully on an elegant necklace—an item, the woman explains, that she has worn every day since she unearthed it at a flea market and replated it with white gold.

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[Front exterior view of the Geffen Playhouse. Courtesy of the Geffen Playhouse]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

The Skirball Cultural Center is hosting paintings by the late Jerusalem artist Ziva Sivan in an exhibit titled Painting Is Her Home. The exhibit celebrates not only the artist’s life, but also the sixtieth anniversary of the State of Israel. Exhibiting the full-circle evolution of Sivan’s work, the show is only up through June 29th, so make your way over this weekend.

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[Patrice Stable, “Thierry Mugler Motorcycle Corset,” 1992. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is showing an exhibit titled Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy through September 1st, which explores the symbolic and metaphorical associations between the superhero and fashion. Featuring movie costumes, avant-garde couture, and high-performance sportswear, the show reveals how the superhero serves as a prime example for fashion and its ability to empower and transform the human figure.

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[David Hockney, “Red Wire Plant.” Courtesy of the Zimmer Museum]

Art and Living is proud to support the Zimmer Children’s Museum and its current Show & Tell: The Art of Vision exhibition and fundraiser.

Art of Vision artwork was donated by over 70 artists to help support the Zimmer’s youTHink arts education program in public schools. The youTHink initiative utilizes the power of making art to foster students’ critical thinking about contemporary issues and empowers them to find and use their voices to take action for positive social change.

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[Photo courtesy of Joyce Theater]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

David Altmejd’s second solo exhibition at Andrea Rosen Gallery closes this Saturday, so you only have a couple more days to witness this “colossal” exhibit! (No joke here — the pieces of work are, in fact, of colossal giants.) These characters speak volumes to Altmejd’s ability to invent and conceptualize aesthetic forms. They truly are a thing to see.

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[Ingrid Dee Magidson, “Tempt Me.” Courtesy of Marion Meyer Fine Art]

This weekend is the public’s last chance to see Marion Meyer Contemporary Art’s Past Becomes Present, which features new works by Ingrid Dee Magidson. Comprised of images of paintings by old masters that have, via digital photography, been transformed into seemingly disjointed multimedia compositions, the show is a display of a veritable new brand of 22nd-century classical painting.

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[Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides at work. Courtesy of Seyhoun Gallery]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

Seyhoun Gallery presents Kristie Fujiyama Kosmides’s new exhibit Relativity: Energy + Matters, which is the first phase of a twelve-year project extending through 2019. Unfortunately, this show will only be on display through this Friday (June 6th), so check it out tomorrow! Don’t be a stranger to Kristie’s progressive work; this series demonstrates what great art is all about: inspiring creativity in the minds of viewers.

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[Katsuya Restaurant, Brentwood, CA. Courtesy of Starck]

Checking in with ubiquitous designer Philippe Starck

By Lynn Morgan

He transforms the ordinary. Hundreds of objects we touch, use, and work with every day have been reimagined and redesigned in Philippe Starck’s vision. From the Microsoft optical mouse and the cult-object Alessi juicer to a Tokyo skyscraper, the Paris-born designer-turned-architect is the best-known advocate of New Design, the aesthetic that blurs the distinction between the utilitarian and the artistic.

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[Courtesy of event organizers]

Last Saturday, culture aficionados from all over made their way out to West Hollywood for the city’s annual Avenues of Art and Design Walk. The weather couldn’t have been better — a mild and sunny afternoon provided a perfect setting for perusing some of the L.A. area’s finest art galleries, design showrooms, and fashion boutiques.

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[Photo by Joe Pugliese]

The award-winning architect of the Bellagio and Horton Plaza examines inspiration, sustainable design, and the future of architecture

By Layla Revis

Art and Living: What are your favorite architectural styles?

Jon Jerde: We’ve come to the end of traditional architectural styles evolving over hundreds of years into ever-refined movements and pieces. I look more to ideas than styles. For me, the most important architecture connects to people in a very real way. Two individuals who had a profound impact on the quality of space—and who have greatly influenced me—were Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn.

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[Danny Heller, “Eichler House with Automobiles,” 2008. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of LACMA]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

The Art Museum Council (AMC) of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art invites the public to Wet Paint on Sunday, June 1st at Roxbury Park in Beverly Hills from 10 am - 4 pm. Art lovers, artists, and families will gather for a day outdoors, sharing the creative process and raising funds for the museum. Attendees can watch and purchase works of art created live by some of Southern California’s best artists, many of whom are represented by the AMC’s unique Art Rental & Sales Gallery. Oh, and did I mention admission is FREE?

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[Francisco de Goya, “Great Deeds! With Dead Men!” Courtesy of Peter Blum Gallery, New York]

Christy Dusablon checks in with her weekly exhibit, chef and theater picks for this week’s art dating and matchmaking

Peter Blum Gallery (Soho) is now showing the work of Francisco de Goya in Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War) through August 1st. The exhibit is a blunt portrayal of the total collapse of man’s ethical treatment toward his fellow man. Though the show directly references Spain’s War of Independence, its negative treatment of and general disgust towards war leaves the viewer to ponder just how mankind’s behavior can be so atrocious.

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[M.A. Peers, “Found Yuppie #1,” 2008. Oil and acrylic on found Masonite. Courtesy of the artist/Rosamund Felsen Gallery]

M. A. Peers has become well known for her portraits of “found” subjects, from purebred dogs to corporate executives.

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[Michael Kalish, “Rose on Red,” 2008. Bent car parts. Courtesy of the artist/MODAA]

Artist Michael Kalish is as famous for his innovative art as he is for the people who buy it from him. Kid Rock owns an original Kalish; so do Sharon Stone and the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Other owners? Muhammad Ali, Nancy Reagan, Tim Allen, Ringo Starr, Nike, Disney. The list of Kalish collectors reads like a who’s who of pop culture.

So what’s all the excitement about?

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[Gregory Crewdson, “Untitled (Shane),” Summer 2006. Archival inkjet print, printed on Epson Premium Luster Paper, Ed. of 6. Courtesy of Gagosian Gallery]

Crewdson is fast turning into the Edward Hopper of the staged photograph. He balances a keen sense of drama—the drama of ordinary people who do not loom large in their own worlds—with a keen sense of place and time.

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