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OC Art Blog consist of contemporary art happenings in Orange County, CA and beyond, and will include art event openings, reviews, and artist interviews.

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Joined March 2009
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"The taggers at Oceanwide Plaza transformed this urban albatross with color and pattern. For that, they have - been arrested. The bigger crime, however, is a luxury development that lies empty as thousands inhabit shanties and tents in the streets below." - @cmonstah
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NEW POST: "While drawing is at the core of her formal output, Berk is always smudging the boundaries between media as she explores different ideas through paint, wood, video and found objects like books." - Meg Linton ocartblog.com/.../barbara-be…
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Video artists who don’t put benches in their installations are choosing violence
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Detain & Displace by Alberto Lule at Crear Studio got a great review in the @OCArtBlog! Read & Share! ocartblog.com/2022/08/fricti… – at Santa Ana, CA
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Friction Skin: Alberto Lule at CREAR Studio ocartblog.com/2022/08/fricti…
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LAXART + X-TRA = LAUNCH PARTY! We're teaming up with LA’s finest to bring the Los Angeles art-loving community an afternoon of eats, drinks, and music, with an X-TRA side of art criticism 😍 RSVP to reserve your free ticket. X-TRA-Summer-Launch-with-LAX…
Nothing is true and everything is possible. – Peter Pomerantsev Thinking Critcally About NFT's ocartblog.com
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#fromthearchives Beatriz Cortez speaks with Candice Lin about how her works advance a decolonial perspective through the use of organic and industrial materials and catalytic processes. The conversation was published in Winter 2019, Vol 22 No 2. x-traonline.org/article/a-wo…
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More Citric Acid: An Online Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly to spice up your Valentines Day. Check out poetry by Mitsuye Yamada, an essay by @SarahRafaGarcia and more tasty treats. Share and subscribe. citricacid.ink/
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R.I.P. Carmen Herrera, the Cuban-born abstract painter who has died at age 106 in New York, and whose “Amarillo Dos” (1971) reminds us that perfection sometimes lies in imperfectly matched forms. 🌿
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In the @OCArtBlog, Meg Linton calls @amirzaki_artist "The Light Thief: A Self-Aware Modernist" -- and features Building + Becoming, our upcoming book with @DoppelHouse! ocartblog.com/2022/01/the-li…
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‘Citric Acid’ is more than just literary solidarity, Garcia said. It challenges the social construct of what it means to be from and live in Orange County as an activist, writer & critic of the region’s politics & stereotypes, as well. @LisaAlv54738138 @MarycamelMary @gsanroman2
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New Post Alert: Artist Interview - Albert Lopez, Jr. ocartblog.com/
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WE'RE HIRING! Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism seeks a new Executive Director to lead our organization during a period of transformation & opportunity. Interested? Please visit our website to view the full job posting and application instructions.
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Friday I'll be on a panel with the incomparable @Yeiry, @Icess, & @y_si_rey_quiere for @nalac_arts National Latinx Summit — join us!! Free registration here: hopin.com/events/nalac-natio… – at Santa Ana, CA
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