Enrique Martínez Celaya took over Fredric Snitzer Gallery in November 2013 with his installation Burning as It Were a Lamp.  The installation created an environment that questioned identity, memories, and our relationship to loss.  Enrique’s poetic works transformed the white cube into a meditative space that morphed a feeling of isolation into a sense of hope.   Today at the tip […]

It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since we moved into our official headquarters at the Barker Hangar in the Santa Monica Airport.  As Art Los Angeles Contemporary began setting up their entrance several feet away from our front door, we thought it was a perfect opportunity to celebrate our anniversary with our […]

Issue 06  /  Fabrice Le Nezet: Palpable Tension London based designer and artist Fabrice Le Nezet applies great consideration to the light and volume in his artwork.  From weighty large-scale installations to petite and whimsical character studies, Le Nezet’s work demonstrates a deft handling of weight and buoyancy.  In the Measure series, Le Nezet manages to coax a distinctive […]

Txema Novelo pays a great deal of attention to the space between the divine and the quotidian.  His current exhibition Emerald, Sapphire and Gold is guided by the anthems preached in alternative rock music, the mysticism of religion and altars that inspire prayer to a higher power- whether it’s to a deity, philosopher or a divine personal […]

There are five questions we always ask ourselves as readers, writers and critics of the arts, “Who, What, Where, When, and Why.”  Social sculptor and artist Ana Teresa Fernández along with designer and architect Johanna Grawunder created five illuminated sculptures you can find installed around the 5M campus in San Francisco.  Located in key adjacent public spaces these simple questions make the […]

Sarah Frost is interested in the history of objects and structures.  Using found materials her work explores diverse themes, such as the desire for human connectivity and the tension between individuals and whole systems.  The installations are site-specific, taking inspiration from the built environment they are situated within.  They consist of large-scale, immersive accumulations of small, individualized […]