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Review: L.A. artist Alexis Smith upended taboos. A thrilling new museum exhibition shows how
LA Times November 30, 2022
“LA JOLLA — When Alexis Smith began to make art as the 1970s launched, two taboos apparently proved irresistible. Judging from the persuasive evidence in a marvelous, long-overdue retrospective of the Los Angeles artist’s exceptional career, she went straight for them.”
Alexis Smith and how she ‘represents the power and potential of self-realization inherent in the American way’
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE September 18, 2022
“Few artists’ works exemplify the SoCal proclivity to merge images with text, found objects and Hollywood memorabilia, as does the oeuvre of Alexis Smith, the subject of a new exhibition, “Alexis Smith: The American Way,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La Jolla.”
The 8 Best Booths at Felix LA 2022: Surreal Visions, Art-Historical Deep Dives, and More
ARTnews February 17, 2022
“In keeping with the fair’s informal mood, many galleries mounted general presentations of their rosters, offering broad, if unfocused booths. Among the eclectic displays, however, some galleries did choose to mount thematic mini-surveys or one-person shows. Identity, the natural world, and material exploration were a few through lines that flowed throughout the fair.”
WITH PLEASURE: PATTERN AND DECORATION IN AMERICAN ART 1972-1985
ART IN AMERICA September 3, 2019
“It is easy to be ironic about P&D. It can be hard to look it in the eye.” So writes Hamza Walker, director of LA’s LAXART, in the multi-author catalogue for “With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art, 1972–1985,” an exhibition opening next month at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). Curated by Anna Katz with Rebecca Lowery, the survey is one of a number of major international exhibitions about the Pattern and Decoration movement launched in the past year.”
Holly Solomon, the Glamorous Collector Who Became an Influential Dealer
ARTSY.NET June 7, 2019
When conceptual artist Gordon Matta-Clark was looking for a house to cut up with power tools, he knew exactly who to turn to for help. “He called me one day [in the early 1970s] and said, ‘Holly, I need a house,’” gallerist Holly Solomon recalled decades later in an interview.
Examining Holly Solomon's Splendid Collection of 20th Century Art
WIDEWALLS May 21, 2019
When it comes to local and global art dealer, an often asked question in the contemporary moment is – are those figures capable of generating the artistic production, aside from just purchasing it? This is hardly the case unless the art dealer is more of an art collector and a donor. However, if we look back to the past, there were certain individuals who fiercely supported contemporary art by purchasing, recommending, promoting, and exhibiting it. A good example in the American context is the activity of Holly Solomon.
Funky, Funny and Fussy : Reassessing the Pattern and Decoration Movement
Art Agency Partners March 7, 2019
You don’t “want to be an outlier in your conviction about the relevance of work to the present moment: you want to know that new generations of curators, scholars and artists are seeing something too,” says Anna Katz, an Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Frieze and Felix Turn Heads in Los Angeles
THE NEW YORK TIMES February 19, 2019
Kim MacConnel’s installation at Thomas Solomon during Felix LA includes paintings and a rug made from bath mats and toilet covers.
Felix L.A. Art Fair Reveals Exhibitors, Site-Specific Projects for Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Debut
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER January 15, 2019
The fair, founded by former UPN and Disney exec Dean Valentine, will feature work touching on Hollywood's preoccupation with the preternatural and with itself — from imagining Jennifer Aniston's book collection and communing with dark spirits.