One Day: LADIES' ROOM
BY PLATFORMART
GALLERIST ANNIE WHARTON (ALONG WITH HER PUP, WINSTON) TAKES US ON A WHIRLWIND TREK THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. (SCROLL TO END TO LINK TO PHOTOS AND TEXT)
Los Angeles is a place where you need a dog, a car, and a great sound system. Don’t like driving? Too bad, you’re driving anyway, so you might as well enjoy it.
7:37 AM; Los Feliz
Need help waking up? I do, usually with an almond milk latte.
7:49 AM
Check emails, Winston for cute factor (works L-R by Nasim Hantehzadeh, Paul Gellman, Tamara KE, and Ariel Dill).
9:30 AM; Mar Vista
Studio visit with Ariel Dill.
10:48 AM; Ladera Heights
Five-minute pit stop at collector residence to download photos of Kim Schoenstadt’s wall installation (this photo by Ruben Diaz also includes an Esther Ruiz neon work from LADIES’ ROOM).
11:29 AM; Culver City
UCLA graduate studios near Culver City to see Amina Cruz (studio photo: Jens Dam Ziska) and picked up one of Cruz's great photographs.
12:17 PM; Glendale
Back in the car, Winston…drive to studio visit with Cathy Akers. This 28-inch tall sculpture (including stump/plinth) is named Shelly.
1:45 PM; Glendale
Meet collector at Marisa Futernick’s studio.
2:43 PM; Glendale
Visit The Pit (photo: friend/art consultant Brandon Herman). The Pit had a masterful show a few months ago by Nora Shields, so here's a throwback from then.
There are a few other artists I’m paying attention to lately who are in our current show, like Denise Kupferschmidt, Rainen Knecht . . .
As well as Kristin Posehn and Brianna Bass, who will have a solo at LADIES’ ROOM later in 2023.
4:15 PM; Los Feliz
It rained last night so the sunset this evening is on fire.