Locating art through place and presence, Issue 18 of Fabrik spotlights Juan Devis, Executive Producer of KCET’s Artbound: Southern California Cultural Journalism and Materials and Applications audacious experiments in transforming space. Profiles include typographer and sculptor Eric Gill‘s transgressive aesthetics; the uber-feminine postmodern sensibility of photographer Mei Xian Qui and market analysis of Los Angeles as a haven for inspired architectural components. Additionally, 5790projects reveals 8 emergent artists at the top of their curatorial radar. Peter Frank’s Going In Coming Out finds Donnie Molls and Scott McMillan focused on variances of the car’s significance in contemporary culture. Until recently, also at Edward Cella, Penelope Gottlieb’s paintings and drawings of flowers imbuing the politics of ecological destruction and Ruth Pastine’s ethereally sensual pastels.
