Wang Xiaobo for Richard J. Demato Gallery
The largest art fair on the West Coast, the 19th-annual LA Art Show wrapped up yesterday. Last week, we gave you a preview of “Littletopia,” the New Contemporary-centric part of the fair that featured many galleries that have appeared on the blog, such as Roq La Rue, Thinkspace, Spoke Art, La Luz de Jesus, Varnish Fine Art and more. At LAAS, we were excited to make new art discoveries as well as see new work from artists that have previously appeared in the print issues of Hi-Fructose.
Wang Xiaobo’s colorful work blended a photorealist technique with dystopian surrealism at Richard J. Demato Gallery’s booth. At the La Luz de Jesus booth, we spoke with Wayne Martin Belger, who builds custom pinhole cameras using real human skulls, blood and preserved body parts and shoots each subject with a different camera depending on its theme. We experienced a new, dreamy, aquatic photo illustration series by Ransom & Mitchell at Varnish Fine Art, marveled at Brad Kunkle’s gold leaf paintings at Arcadia Contemporary and observed Caroline P.M. Jones’s flesh-like stone sculptures at Lawrence Cantor Fine Art. Check out our exclusive photos for more highlights.
Jeremy Fish for Fifty24MX
Ransom & Mitchell with their work at the Varnish Fine Art booth
Ransom & Mitchell for Varnish Fine Art
Nicomi Nix Turner with her work for Varnish Fine Art
Wayne Martin Belger for La Luz de Jesus
Pinhole camera made from a human skull by Wayne Martin Belger for La Luz de Jesus
Christopher Ulrich for La Luz de Jesus
Brad Kunkle for Arcadia Contemporary
Cesar Santander for Arcadia Contemporary
Henrik Uldalen for Arcadia Contemporary
Kim Ji-young for Art All Ways
Vincent Xeus with his piece (left) and Chris Mars’s work (right) for Last Rites Gallery
Caroline P.M. Jones for Lawrence Cantor Fine Art
Adam Wallacavage for Red Truck Gallery
Camille Rose Garcia for Roq La Rue
John Brophy for Roq La Rue
Femke Hiemstra for Roq La Rue
Travis Louie for Roq La Rue
Elizabeth McGrath for Sloan Fine Art
Casey Weldon for Spoke Art
Phil Frost at Ace Gallery
Justin Bower for Ace Gallery
Laure Lipton for Ace Gallery
Nathalie Boissonnault for Arteria Gallery
Ben Venom for Breeze Block Gallery
Augustine Kofie for Breeze Block Gallery
Kyoung Tack Hong for Cais Gallery
Matjames Metson for Coagula Curatorial
Low Bros and Scott Radke for Thinkspace
Bec Winnel for Thinkspace
