Contemporary Art is alive and well in Los Angeles. I had the pleasure of attending the opening night reception on January 28 at the Pacific Design Center.  This is the first annual ALAC fair of no doubt many to come.

There were 55 top galleries represented, most of them from Los Angeles. Visitors had an opportunity to hob nob with the gallery owners and with the artists.

There were many large scale works - a feast for the eyes

Spectacular photo composite image by Luis Gispert - I'm holding a book of his photos

Grant Stevens is a Singular artist from Auckland, now living and thriving in Los Angeles. His work was displayed in the StarkWhite gallery exhibit. He had a unique video presented on a constantly moving screen that delivers a poetic piece written to a woman in Los Angeles. Grant created much suffering for himself in this relationship but often pain can lead to great art, catharsis and moving on.  I spoke at length to the gallery owner, Dominc Feuchs about how to protect the intellectual property of digital files and copies made by galleries and individuals. This work is in an editiion of 9 for $3,000 each. I suggested they could make more money selling it for $10 each through a platform like iTunes. 

Peter Sarkisian I-20 Extruded Video Engine - this is video projected onto a 3D extruded surface. Includes sound.