Craig Kauffman

PHOTOS: Haiku Reviews: Shakespeare, Pop Art & Taiwan

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Speedy Graphito, Mark Rucker, John Pascoe, Sharon Weiner, Vern Blosum, San Francisco Theater, Pop Art, Robert Dowd, Theater, Jow, Adam Bock, David Jang, Op Art, Craig Kauffman, John Pearson, Video, Audra Weaser, Taming of the Shrew, Theatre, Shakespeare, San Francisco, Heather Orth, Shana Cooper, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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Rebels in Paradise by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp

Jane Chafin | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Frederick Weisman, Irving Blum, Marcel Duchamp, John Altoon, Ed Moses, Ferus Gallery, Frank Gehry, Craig Kauffman, Ed Kienholz, Andy Warhol, Pasadena Art Museum, Walter Hopps, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston, Frank Sinatra, Ken Price, Arts News
Jane Chafin

Hunter Drohojowska-Philp's recently released Rebels in Paradise: the Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s introduces all the major players of the 60s Los Angeles art scene in straight-forward prose.

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Materials Magician

Bettina Korek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lacma, DeWain Valentine, Robert Irwin, Getty, Peter Alexander, Minimalism, Larry Bell, Michael Govan, Craig Kauffman, Modenr Art, Hastings Plastic, Jack Brogan, The New York Times, Helen Pashgian, Los Angeles News
Bettina Korek

I remember reading about this "materials magician" on LACMA's blog a year ago in a post about Jack Brogan's custom paint job of Michael Govan's 1989 BMW 325is.

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His Name Was Craig: Growing Up as an Artist With Craig Kauffman

Lisa Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Rothenberg, Craig-Kauffman, Nancy Reddin Kienholtz, Finish Fetish, Art in America, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Smithsonian, Jay Belloli, Philippines, Painting, Los Angeles, The Cool School, Pasadena, New York, California, Arts, Drawing, Soho, Contemporary Art, Julian Schnabel, Ferus-Gallery, Keith Haring, Ed Kienholtz, Armory Center for the Arts, Artforum, Archives or American Art, Angeles City, 1980's, 1960's, Los Angeles News
Lisa Adams

Though Craig will best be remembered for his 1960's Finish Fetish work in vacuum-formed three-dimensional plastic, I remember him best for his manner and quality of drawing.

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A New Batch of Solid Exhibitions

Paul Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Donley, Artletter, Kerry James Marshall, Jennifer Mannebach, Robert Sill, Corbett vs Dempsey, Craig Kauffman, Chicago Art, Seymour Rosofsky, Rashid Johnson, State of Illinois Museum, Lucy Slivinsky, Ivan Albright, Fred Wilson, Chicago Art Galleries, Bernard Williams, Stephanie Burke, Chicago News
Paul Klein

It's so very nice when a public institution gets it right, which is what happened at the State of Illinois Museum at the Thompson Center.

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