Author Archives: deloffre

When I watched the sculptor/ceramicist Peter Shire at work in his vast studio, I saw an artist completely at home in and with his art.  Like George Mallory climbing a mountain “…because it’s there…,” Shire creates his art because he … Continue reading →

  Biographies of artists are everywhere, but how often does one find a biography of an art historian? At a recent reading and book signing at the Jack Rutberg Gallery, I discovered such a book, Paul Karlstrom’s new biography on … Continue reading →

Jill Greenberg at Katherine Cone Amos Mac at Luis De Jesus Los Angeles Tad Wiley at George Lawson Bianca Kolonusz-Partee at Offramp   Jill Greenberg at Katherine Cone to February 4   The opening of Katherine Cone’s new gallery in … Continue reading →

A number of years ago, Roland Reiss gave me advice at one of my photography exhibits that I continue to use to this day. Sweeping his arm before my photographs, this former leader of Claremont University’s graduate art department said, … Continue reading →

In the mid-1940’s at LACMA’s original Exposition Park site, Hans Burkhardt’s painting,  “One Way Road,” was removed from an exhibition because he used too much red paint and, well, it was deemed to be communistic. . Not strange for an … Continue reading →

The painter Yitzhok Loiza Grossberg is way up there on my list of favorite artist. Never heard of him? You probably know him better as Larry Rivers. Ever come across the work of the artist Judy Cohen? Perhaps you know … Continue reading →

Even when I have a good concept and all my ducks are in a row, I always feel somewhat  at  a loss when facing a blank canvas for the first time. So when I learned that the renowned Mexican artist Munoz Acosta (whose … Continue reading →

Standing next to Shana Nys Dambrot comes with perks. The best arrived a few months ago when we were both invited to the house of artist Huguette Caland. Dambrot, a long-time friend of the artist, has incredible admiration for her … Continue reading →

Jack Rutberg keeps hitting them out of the ballpark, which is not a particularly good way of keeping me out of his gallery. This time the home run is a show featuring some early works from the artist George Condo … Continue reading →

Anyone remember the late Gallery C? What really stays with you about that gallery was its behemothic space. And now in Inglewood a humongous space for art again comes to our neighborhood.  How big? Thirty-two thousand four hundred square feet, … Continue reading →