by Alicia | Nov 2, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Behind every face there is a mask. In Ray Anthony Barrett’s solo exhibition Word is Bond at Diane Rosenstein Fine Arts in Hollywood, the artist investigates American cultural identities through the use of anthropomorphized masks. Dividing up the four...
by Alicia | Oct 24, 2014 | News, Performance
Hi everyone! Please join me on Saturday at 5pm for my talk at Adjunct Positions Gallery. In September and October, I was the gallery’s first-ever Writer-in-Residence. During this time, I focused on the project “Editing Los Angeles.” Now edited, I...
by Alicia | Oct 23, 2014 | News, Online, Press
Hyperallergic’s ArtRx LA prescribed you a dose of me! Come to my Writer-in-Residence presentation this Saturday 10/25, 5PM at Adjunct Positions (5041 Coringa Drive, LA, CA 90042) where I’ll unveil “Editing Los Angeles,” a collection of jokes,...
by Alicia | Oct 10, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — “Who is Tony Longo?” my editor inquired, after I pitched her on this piece about Thom Andersen’s new short film “The Tony Longo Trilogy” (2014). It makes sense that Andersen, the director of Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003), which discusses how the city...
by Alicia | Oct 10, 2014 | KCET Los Angeles, News, Writing
Julie Orser’s photography and video works consistently engage with the mechanics of American cinema, with a particular focus on representations of women in film. Tall and slender with black-rimmed glasses and a soothing voice, Orser could have appeared in one of...
by Alicia | Oct 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — There is a new mutant form emerging, pushing its way past the thin layer that separates the interior and exterior world. In Young Joon Kwak’s exhibition at Commonwealth & Council, Mother Spill, the artist’s body overtakes her mind, erupting into the...