Ellen C. Caldwell

October 04, 2011, 8:59am

We Have a Pulse

Pulse Contemporary Art Fair ran this past weekend in the heart of downtown LA—at LA Live. Or at least we’re told LA Live is the “heart of the vibrant and burgeoning downtown Los Angeles community.” As a native Angeleno, I certainly wouldn’t label LA Live the heart of downtown, nor would I label downtown Los Angeles a “burgeoning community” – because quite frankly, downtown LA has been a thriving and distinctive community for some time. - Ellen Caldwell, LA Contributor (more thoughts on the show and images after the jump!)

Listed under: Art Fairs

October 03, 2011, 9:00am

Gallerist at Home: Heather Taylor

Heather Taylor, gallerist and owner of Taylor de Cordoba in Culver City and blogger extraordinaire, is a woman on the go to say the least. Her gallery is best known for its intimate space, innovative program, and collaborative events, such as Eating Our Words.

Listed under: Art World, Gallerist at Home, Los Angeles, Q&A

Tagged as: Alex de Cordoba, Cherry and Martin, Chris Natrop, Culver City, Eadweard Muybridge, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, Frohawk Two Feathers, Heather Taylor, Kyle Field, LA in Bloom, Laurence Miller Gallery, Ruby Osorio, Taylor De Cordoba

September 21, 2011, 9:11am

Collaborative Arts: Sandow Birk & Elyse Pignolet

Husband and wife team Sandow Birk (NAP #73) and Elyse Pignolet are solo artists in their own right, but they also form a dynamic collaborative art aesthetic in ambitious projects ranging anywhere from large-scale woodblock print series, to painted ceramic murals, to hand-drawn maps. - Ellen Caldwell, LA Contributor

Listed under: In the Studio, Los Angeles, Q&A, San Francisco, Studio Visit

Tagged as: 73, Catherine Clark, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, Elyse Pignolet, graffiti, Great War of Californians, Jacques Callot, NAP, Paul Mullowney, Pignolet, Sandow, Sandow Birk, Temporary Permanence

September 07, 2011, 9:30am

Fabrications with Jen Pack (NAP #73)

Jen Pack (NAP #73) deconstructs, reconstructs, sews, and stretches fabric onto frames and into large masses in a way that creates something at once familiar and yet also new. Her works resonate with viewers and remind them of a variety of other arts and images, creating a kind of cyclical “trialogue” – a dialogue between artist, art, viewer, and back.

From her nuanced and detailed stretched chiffon pieces to her large installation work with kite-like nylon, Pack’s work is both moving and provoking, aesthetically and mentally. – Ellen Caldwell, LA Contributor

Listed under: In the Studio

Tagged as: 73, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, jen pack, Los Angeles, NAP, NAP 73, pack, Q&A, studio

August 30, 2011, 10:00am

Talking Technology with Bonard Hughins (#94)

In a time when technology is changing and morphing around us so quickly that we are all in a steady state of flux and perpetual catch-up, Bonard Hughins‘ paintings (NAP #94) offer us a respite.

Listed under: Alabama, In the Studio, Q&A

Tagged as: 94, Beta Pictoris, Birmingham, Bonard Hughins, Boutwell Studios, CMYK, Ellen, Ellen C. Caldwell, Ellen Caldwell, Hughins, NAP, NAP #94

August 25, 2011, 10:30am

Piles and Textiles: Studio Visit with Erin Payne

Erin Payne (NAP #93) paints what she terms “piles” – they are piles of jumbled and indefinable fabric and scattered memories. Upon first glance, they reminded me of many fond piles from my own life: blankets abandoned from a childhood fort, wet and sandy towels left at the beach, and the ever-growing laundry that accumulate magically by week’s end. I also saw them as shells of things that once were, but were now abandoned and I was excited to learn more about her process and inspiration. -Ellen C. Caldwell, LA Contributor

Listed under: Los Angeles, MFA, Q&A

Tagged as: Ellen C. Caldwell, Erin Payne, LA, MFA Annual, Payne, Piles

March 24, 2011, 12:34pm