Category Archives: Mark Moore Gallery

Ryan Taber to Have Museum Solo Exhibition

Ryan Taber will be the first artist featured in the Torrance Art Museum’s “Sunrise Series,” an annual solo exhibition featuring a unique emerging artist from the SoCal area (though international artists may be included on occasion).

Taking over the main gallery of the museum, Ryan has created a new body of work specifically for the museum, which will serve as his second museum solo exhibition.

Surely not to be missed, the opening reception will take place Saturday, March 6, from 6-9pm. The exhibition will be on view from March 6 – April 17, 2010.

Josh Azzarella is Bi-Coastal!

As of tonight, Josh Azzarella officially has two solo exhibitions open at the same time: his first LA solo show here at MMG (which opened last Saturday, on view through March 13, 2010), and his third solo gig at DCKT Contemporary in New York.

On view through March 21, 2010, DCKT is featuring an exhibition of Josh’s newest photographs, which range in images derived from cinema, journalism and amateur photography.

For more information about this exhibition, or DCKT, visit the gallery website.

Jeremy Fish and Quentin Tarantino in LA

If you’re in downtown LA tomorrow night, and want to combine art, charity and good times, head over to Upper Playground for “The Lost Art of Inglorious Basterds” – featuring MMG’s Jeremy Fish, David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan Oriol, Grotesk, Patrick Martinez, Alex Pardee, Dora Drimalas, Munk One, N8 Van Dyke, Rene Alamanza, Morning Breath and Skinner Davis, to create their own poster art based off their interpretation of the Oscar Nominated film, “Inglourious Basterds.”

All proceeds from the show will go to benefit the American Red Cross’ Haitian relief efforts. For more information, please visit Upper Playground’s event page.

Josh Azzarella Already Creating Some LA Thrills

Paul Laster of Flavorpill LA wrote some early words about Josh Azzarella‘s upcoming solo exhibition with Mark Moore Gallery, “Untitled #100 (Fantasia)” – which opens next Saturday, February 13th, 2010 alongside Kim Rugg’s concurrent solo exhibition, “Please Remain Calm.”

For now, read this preview of Josh’s work on Flavorpill, but make sure you ink (no pencil!) in the opening reception next Saturday, from 5-7pm, featuring event coverage by Will Tee Yang and a set by DJ MoreDillon.

De-Thrilling “Thriller” with Josh Azzarella

The School of Visual Arts (NY) recently featured Josh Azzarella on their “Visual Arts Briefs” interview blog in light of his recent “Untitled #100 (Fantasia)” video piece.

With his first LA solo show coming up at Mark Moore Gallery (opening February 13, 2010), Azzarella delves into some of the more pressing questions surrounding his latest artistic feat. Read the interview in its entirety here, and don’t forget to come see it for yourself in two weeks here!

Jeremy Fish Pontificates on Art, T-Shirts

Jeremy Fish is a busy man. Between the mobile art tour, recently launched jewelry line and his first solo exhibition at Laguna Art Museum, it’s likely that people may want to know his thoughts on the art world at large.

Luckily, Upper Playground caught Fish long enough to snag a few words for YouTube. Check out Jeremy’s opinions on art and t-shirts, and the limited difference between the two. Click here to watch!

Bavington Heads to San Diego

Scott White Contemporary Art will be mounting a group exhibition featuring MMG’s Tim Bavington, Gene Davis and Kenneth Noland this coming spring. Opening on March 12, 2010, and on view through May 8th, “Intervals” will showcase the three aforementioned artists’ use of rhythm and pattern through painting.

Further information and details can be located on the gallery’s website.

Kenichi Yokono in Japan

If you just so happen to be in or near Tokyo this weekend, and need some plans for tomorrow night, swing by the opening reception for Kenichi Yokono‘s solo show, “Squirm,” at Unseal Contemporary.  They’ve just finished installing, and the works look sensational!

For more information on the gallery, the exhibition or to visit the show via the internet, click here, or visit the gallery’s official website.

NYAA Features Julie Heffernan

New York Academy of Art is currently hosting “private (dis)play” – an exhibition of the private sketchbooks, journals and other related works of American contemporary figurative artists.

Featured with Peter Drake, Mira Schor and seventeen others, MMG’s Julie Heffernan is on (dis)play through February 28, 2010. A series of lectures by the exhibition’s artists will take place throughout the month, so be sure to visit the exhibition’s website for further details.

Tim Bavington at the Bemis Center

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts recently opened “Borderland Abstraction,” an exhibition of new abstraction in the United States featuring MMG’s Tim Bavington alongside Mary Heilmann, Nils Folke Anderson and others.

On view through May 8, 2010, the group show addresses the varying debates around contemporary abstraction through a myriad of mediums and concepts. If you’re in the Omaha area, be sure to drop by!

This exhibition was organized by Hesse McGraw, Bemis Center curator. For more information on the Bemis Center, or “Borderland Abstraction,” please visit the center’s website.