Top Ten of 2015

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TOP TEN 2015: LOS ANGELES EXHIBITIONS

Cape Hope, 2015, James Turrell
“Cape Hope,” 2015, James Turrell L.E.D. light, etched glass and shallow space, 50 3⁄4″ x 82 1⁄4″ Photo: Robert Wedemeyer courtesy of Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles

1) Human Resources, “It’s Just the Beginning: Umbrella Movement Anniversary Exhibition”
Artwork, photographs and documentation of the democracy protest in Hong Kong, lest we forget.

2) LACMA, “New Objectivity: Modern German Art in the Weimar Republic, 1919-1933”
This powerful exhibition educates on the diversity of artistic leanings and practices during the turbulent interwar period in Germany.

3) Kayne Griffin Corcoran, “James Turrell”
Three transcendental Elliptical Glass installations bathe the viewer in ephemeral washes of colored light.

4) Samuel Freeman, “Blue McRight: Drink Me”
Binding, wrapping, and combining, McRight evokes the ecological, the sublime and the surreal.

5) KP Projects, “Sashie Masakatsu”
Mysterious floating orbs haunt post-apocalyptic landscapes: a cautionary tale.

6) Richard Telles Fine Art, “John McAllister: Sultry Spells Rapture”
Intricate patterning, optical illusion, and manipulations of synthetic hues challenge rational perspective and perception.

7) Orange County Museum of Art, “My Generation: Young Chinese Artists”
The Post-Mao generation breaks through preconceptions of form, weaving together influences of East and West, antique and contemporary.

8) Edward Cella Art and Architecture, “Homeland: Pontus Willfors”
Domestic objects reimagined suggest a reconsideration of the value of their source materials.

9) Meliksetian | Briggs, “Mustafa Hulusi”
Diagonal, torn test strips fracture photographic vistas and aestheticize the war-torn island of Cyprus.

10) Peter Blake Gallery, “Larry Bell”
Historic contextualization aside, it’s always great when you go to see your favorite band and you like the “new stuff” best.