Joan Moment’s “Fragment of the Universe” is proposed as a floor design for the new airport terminal. The public’s perception of the artist – a lonely genius starving in a garret, obsessively pursuing a singular vision – is a hangover from the 19th century.
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Art review: Maija Peeples-Bright at Solomon Dubnick Gallery
“Martha Woofington” shows Maija Peeples-Bright’s sense of fun. You couldn’t ask for a clearer illustration of the gulf between West Coast and East Coast art than the current shows of paintings and ceramics by Maija Peeples-Bright at Solomon Dubnick and an assortment of works, mostly by New York artists, at Verge.
Long-distance couple marry their talents
Like many of Harvey and Sook’s collaborative works, “Figure 4″ is constructed of painted paper cards mounted on a grid. Married to each other for six years, Koo Kyung Sook and Ian Harvey have a bicontinental relationship
Spotlight: Placerville celebrates grand opening of ArtSpace
Each week, Spotlight focuses on something – props, lighting, makeup, costumes, etc. – that’s essential to an arts or feature presentation
Top choices for new shows
“Ian Harvey + Koo Kyung Sook: Together + Alone” presents a series of collaborative works started by the artists in 2006. Jay Jay Gallery “Ian Harvey + Koo Kyung Sook: Together + Alone” presents a series of collaborative works started by the artists in 2006. Addressing the intangible life of the body – that which we do not ordinarily see or feel – the works evoke the actions of elemental aspects of the body – water, lymph, blood – and the organs that produce them
Art takes a holiday
The Solomon Dubnick Gallery’s holiday show includes works by John de Wit, Paul di Pasqua, and Gale Hart. The holiday group show has been a Sacramento tradition since the 1950s. This year, giving the gift of art is easier than ever.
Late art rebel Fritz Scholder learned, and now will be enshrined, in Sacramento
“Human In Nature # 11.” The late Fritz Scholder made his name in the Southwest, painting American Indians draped in military-surplus flags, wearing blue jeans, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. He once painted a buffalo dancer holding a strawberry ice cream cone in place of a ceremonial rattle.
Carmichael arts center renews its lease and finds a partner
Gail Raglan of Roseville helps set up an arts display for daughter Dawn Conyers of Carmichael at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Just in time for the start of their holiday craft fair this week, the folks at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center in Carmichael have some news they say is worth celebrating. The center, which was threatened with expulsion earlier this year from its longtime home at the La Sierra Community Center, will be renewing its lease at favorable terms for the next three years, board members said.
Dugard photo a close match to artists’ work
The computerized drawing of Jaycee Lee Dugard, between a childhood photo and a new image published today, was a close representation of her looks, experts agree.
Remembering Michael
Michael Himovitz, the debonair gallery owner who died in 1994, fancied Sacramento a cosmopolitan artists colony – not just some sleepy cow town on the road to nowhere, as various people had suggested. “He started the Sacramento art scene,” says longtime friend D
