Author: Sam Art

Loubna Fazazi Idrissi is a self-taught artist whose life has been deeply intertwined with art. Growing up in a traditional environment that valued learning, she was naturally inclined towards exploring various forms of expression. However, it wasn’t until later in life, amidst personal and professional commitments, that she found her way back to painting. This return to her artistic roots came at a time when she felt a profound need to express herself. Idrissi’s artistic journey is characterized by her strong emotional connection to her work. Her paintings are not just visual expressions but are imbued with deep emotional vibrations.…

A feminist who immersed herself in the Mexican muralist tradition, Judy Baca often works outside of museum spaces. She created the famous mural known as The Great Wall of Los Angeles on location in the Tujunga Wash, a tributary of the Los Angeles River in North Hollywood, in the 1970s and 1980s. Now he’s making a new chapter of The Great Wall in an unlikely space: the Resnick Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), where visitors can watch Baca and his crew paint sections of a 350-foot panel of fabric stretched across the exhibition hall designed…

An upcoming auction at Analogr in Glendale features a unique item: an original drawing by the late Beatle John Lennon, who had a lifelong love of visual art and often sketched moments from his everyday life. This seems to be his dream life. called Dream 2, shows a monster roaring to the right, flailing and flailing its arms, while a figure likely to be Lennon himself heads for a door on the left. Above the door is a group of heads, presumably representing adoring fans. A note accompanying the drawing is dated 1976. On the back of the drawing, Lennon’s…

While the word “zoo” could be used to describe the crowd energy at any art fair, the term is especially apt for Frieze Los Angeles this year, where animals feature prominently in more booths than one might expect. In the veritable collection of works of all kinds of media, there are several sculptures with snakes, fish, dogs, wild boars, rabbits and a variety of birds that especially attract attention.Javier Ramirez, When I say Wabi You say Sabi (2024), Sow & Tailor (pictured at top of page)Although the title of Javier Ramírez’s sculpture (on offer for $15,000) is a play on…

As Frieze Los Angeles nears its close on Sunday, the fair finds itself facing the same challenge that many, if not most, of the Hollywood stars who have walked its halls have overcome to maintain their place in the industry’s upper echelon: the start . middle agedNow in its fifth year, Frieze Los Angeles is no longer the hot, fresh newcomer to the art fair scene it was in the immediate pre-pandemic era. It’s not even the newest Friso fair anymore; the brand’s event in Seoul currently holds that honor by virtue of its 2022 launch.This is certainly a situation…

Hamza Sule is an artist whose work speaks volumes about the human experience. His journey as an artist began in his childhood, where he discovered his love for drawing. As a teenager, he started experimenting with pencils on paper, and it was then that he realized that art was his true calling. However, Sule believes that in art, one never stops learning, and he continues to push himself to improve his craft. One of Sule’s favorite subjects to draw is faces. He finds that they inspire him and allow him to convey a wide range of emotions. Using graphite and…

The fifth edition of Frieze Los Angeles was reduced compared to the previous year, with 95 exhibitors under a single white tent installed on the grounds of the Santa Monica airport. Reports of seven-figure sales from the first VIP preview day also appeared to be down from last year, although many dealers said they were optimistic about the improved centralized design of the fair.The most expensive sale reported during Thursday’s VIP preview was Gladstone Gallery, which placed a large-scale drawing by Richard Serra for $2 million. Thaddaeus Ropac reported selling Robert Longo’s Untitled (Julien) (2016) for $1.6 million, but the…

Essence Harden, an artist, curator, and writer, is deeply rooted in the art scene in Los Angeles, where she lives and works as curator of visual arts at the California African American Museum. After taking on that role, he said he hoped to “highlight the work of collectors and collectives, and cultivate scholarship, on black visual culture and the West.” This year, Harden is the curator of the Focus section at Frieze Los Angeles, which brings together 12 galleries that have all opened in the last dozen years. Most of the artists in the section, organized around the theme of…

Camille Ross is an American photographer whose work is deeply rooted in her personal experiences and her commitment to social justice. Born in 1964 in San Francisco, California, Ross grew up in two very different worlds: the radical atmosphere of Berkeley in the 1970s and the rural landscapes of Mississippi. This duality of environments shaped her perspective from a young age, exposing her to the stark contrasts of cultural segregation and racism in America. Ross’s grandparents were biracial, and she herself is part Cherokee, which contributed to her sense of being “other” in a predominantly Anglo society. This experience of…

Hazel Wynn, a Jersey-born artist with a passion for color, draws inspiration from the world around her to create vibrant and emotionally resonant paintings. Trained at Chelsea College of Art in London, where she specialized in Textile Design, Hazel’s artistic journey has taken her from selling hand-painted textile designs internationally to dedicating her time to practicing Fine Art back in Jersey. Hazel draws her influences from early abstractionists and the Washington Color group, particularly artists like Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis, and Paul Jenkins. The core of Hazel’s work revolves around the exploration of color and its intricate relationships. Her paintings,…