Cai Guo Qiang MOCA Sky Ladder Explosion

This past Tuesday at the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, I had the rare opportunity to attend Chinese Cocktail, a re-performance/concert by Robert Wilhite. It was a special treat, part of Pacific Standard Time’s bonanza performance art festival. Chinese Cocktail had only been performed twice before, both times in 1978.

“Emerging” was the dominant theme at Art Los Angeles Contemporary 2012. Last Thursday night, people packed into the Barker Hangar to look at the third installation of Los Angeles’ defining art fair. Prior to entering, visitors were held sway by Judy Chicago’s reenactment of her 1968 Disappearing Environments performance. 25 tons of dried ice slowly […]