"The Edge of Vision"
"The Edge of Vision" is a breathtaking collection of contemporary photography, curated by Lyle Rexer, that investigates light, form and abstraction. Showcasing the work of nineteen international photographers. More...
Katherine Westerhout
Katherine Westerhout documents decaying buildings just as she finds them, in all their ruin and beauty, still somehow vibrant and grand. More...
Flavio Garciandia
Flavio Garciandia’s paintings are equal parts de Kooning, Twombly, and Cuba, and it’s a tasty mix: deep and rich, without becoming obscure. More...
"Sonic Architectonic"
Sound rivals smell as the most neglected of the senses in the fine arts. "Sonic Architectonic" throws down the gantlet for noise, music, and the plunkety-plunk of life writ large, deploying the materialization of sound in the work of fourteen artists. More...
“Dream States”
Although 11 different artists participated in “Dream States,” each visually interpreting their own personal unconscious, there is a surprising commonality among many of the pieces. More...
Liz Glynn
As an aficionado of antiquities and all their respective baggage, in particular the museum artifact, Liz Glynn is nothing if not rigorous in her excavations and subsequent recreations of objects. She researches them, exhumes them, and runs them through a virtual gauntlet of de- and reconstruction. Past projects of note have included... More...
Rick Araluce and Steve Peters
Rick Araluce usually works in miniature, but his plumbing-pipe installation crisscrosses the entire gallery space, snaking along overhead support beams, and disappearing into gaps... More...
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
“The Courthouse Steps” is an example of a painting that, although it has the feeling of pure abstraction, is underpinned with glimpses of representation and is derived from a real-world scenario. More...
Editor's Note
Mike Kelley was the brilliant Romantic artist of the boomer generation, by turns angry and hilarious, irrational but intellectually acute. More...
''Facture''
"Facture" adds a new wrinkle to the ongoing discussion about what it means to paint - here, on glass. More...
Peter Halley
Peter Halley's abstraction smartly engages architectural references, the "Prison" image here an element he has returned to for 30 years. More...
Joseph Havel
Joseph Havel's "Plus or Minus" moves us to reflect on how we interact with visual images - and the history we bring to bear on them. More...
"Dissecting Nature:"
Continuing through February 25, 2012
Andy Goldsworthy’s exquisite “Leaf Horn” (1996) represents one approach taken by the artists in “Dissecting Nature:” utilize the striking characteristics of natural materials, in this case, sweet chestnut leaves bound with thorns, to construct a new form. More...
Stephen De Staebler
The existential humanism of Stephen De Staebler has not been particularly fashionable for decades, but the work stands up and looks fresher than ever. More...
Ellsworth Kelly
This survey of "Ellsworth Kelly: Prints and Paintings" shows why this work must be experienced directly, so their humanity and nuance becomes clear. More...
Best Kept Secret
The years covered by "Best Kept Secret" were the first of a then new UC Irvine program that produced a startling group of top then new art talents. More...
Robert Kingston
The large-scale lyrical abstraction of Robert Kingston unfolds sequentially to gradually resolve as balanced and integrate wholes. More...
