Exhibition & Artist Press

Sean Higgins at sixspace
[ Sean Higgins]
"A University of Pennsylvania graduate making his solo debut, Sean Higgins crafts photo-based hybrids tha yield appealing if deliberately vague depictions of water-bound land masses. Most of the works shown at sixspace are square, ranging from 2 to 5 feet on a side. Higgins shot some of the source photos and appropriated others; whether verdant and sylvan or barren and desolate, all the islands are seen from elevated vantage points that emphasize their isolation..."
10.07 Art In America [scan: story]

Sean Higgins at sixspace
[ Sean Higgins]
"Sean Higgin's new work on view at sixspace is, in a word, transcendent. Impossible to categorize definitively as photography, painting or sculpture, the pieces draw both from photographs made by the artists and found images, likely appropriated from magazines. Higgins is resolutely vague when asked to identify his sources, as his work concentrates on a revaluation of place, conjuring up new and purposefully unidentifiable topographies that exist ouside of time..."
05.07 Artweek [scan: story]

Art Fairs Take Manhattan: Front Page
"The Impulse section of the fair was devoted to 13 smaller galleries. In this division, sixspace (Los Angeles) showed exquisite little gouache paintings of ama, Japanese diving women, by the collaborative duo kozyndan (Dan and Kozue Kitchens)."
04.07 Art in America[scan: story]

Armory Week: A Year Later, A Fair Better
"Elsewhere, the folks from Sixspace (Los Angeles) had some beautiful small gouaches by the duo called Kozyndan for $650-$2,700. They’ve also been snapped up by collectors—and at those prices, I’m not surprised..."by Robert Ayers
02.25.07 Artinfo.com [link: story]

Armory Week: Sales & Celeb Sightings at Pulse
"L.A. dealer Caryn Coleman’s gallery, Sixspace, also landed some early sales. It sold Heather Cantrell’s photograph of California superstar artist John Baldessari for $1,200. In the photo, “Father Time” (2006), Baldessari, who is surrounded by a halo of light, looks downright angelic..." by Sarah Douglas
02.22.07 Artinfo.com [link: story]

Sarah Cromarty interview on Suicide Girls dot com
[ Sarah Cromarty ]
"Music influences everything. I once had a teacher ask me "What kind of music would accompany your paintings?" I listed a few indie bands... and he said that "the Carpenters was probably a better choice." I thought about it for a while and realized he was really right on."
01.07 Suicide Girls[link: story]

Must See Art
[ There Goes The Neighborhood, Part Deux ]
This is the second annual show with this title, exhibiting five artists new to the gallery. While their work is vastly different, the two that stand out are Christofer Chin and Summer Cooper. Chin’s bright colors and geometric shapes are reminiscent of 1980s graphics and street stencils. His bold silhouettes signify natural forms as well as urban landscapes. Cooper’s large black-and-white charcoal-and-graphite drawings are simple in their subject matter, but manage to evoke a kind of wanderlust. One piece shows figures in a winding river, another a stampede of wild horses running from a storm. Also on view are works by David Lloyd, Hilary Wilder and Asuka Ohsawa.
by Amra Brooks
11.01.06 Los Angeles Weekly[link: story] [scan: story]

Around the galleries
[ Heater Cantrell:: Century's End]
Los Angeles Time review of Heather Cantrell's Century's End by Leah Ollman
11.17.06 Los Angeles Times

Must See Art
[ Heater Cantrell:: Century's End]
Heather Cantrell shows new staged black-and-white portraits in which each subject or group photographed takes on a persona or story. This particular body of work was inspired by 19th-century interest in the spiritual, and these photographs possess an eerie, ethereal quality. The pictured include such locals as the My Barbarian performance group, John Baldessari as Father Time and Heather herself in a photo called Self Portrait After Mapplethorpe....
by Amra Brooks
11.01.06 Los Angeles Weekly[link: story] [scan: story]

Skin Deep
[ Coop :: Brand Recognition]
In his latest work, Coop turns his trademark wit, and his willingness to confront the viewer with uncomfortable or aggressive imagery, against our own consumer culture. His latest show, titled Brand Recognition, pairs blatantly sexual imagery with the great new signifiers of our modern age: corporate logos...
by Lucinda Michele Knapp
09.01.06 Los Angeles Alternative Press[link: story]

Zombies get caught in the act
[ Chad Robertson :: Rise]
The back story of Chad Robertson drawing inspiration from zombie films for paintings in his second show at sixspace only confirms the strengths and weaknesses in these works, some of which harness and expand on the inspiration while others succumb to it...
review by Christopher Miles
06.15.06 Los Angeles Times [scan: story]

The Artist: Chad Robertson
[ Chad Robertson :: Rise]
(Feature and cover art by Chad Robertson and his show Rise
For many people, turning an artistic passion into a profession is a pipe dream...
by Dustin Beatty
April/May 2006 Anthem Magazine [link: scans ]

"Art in LA: Then and Now"
[ Chad Robertson :: Rise]
...while Chad Robertson's incandescent, diffuse figuration and the Clayton Brothers' ornate, noir-ish graphic sensibility satisfy LA's love of spectacle.
05.31.06 Artkrush (Issue 33)

Zombies "Rise" at sixspace
[ Chad Robertson :: Rise]
Though his subjects may be mindless, Robertson's work is not, exploring the socio-political issues that culminates in these return-from-the-dead films...
05.23.06 Variety's The Style File

Michael French at sixspace
[ Michael French :: Wrathmaster 3000]
To introduce Wrathmaster 3000, Michael French includes a "Users Guide," a few polite, but firm rules of engagement. This short list is the first of many alternately witty and sobering contradictions that abound in this interactive video game installation at sixspace...
June 2006 Artweek by Kim Beil [scan: story]

Gaming outside the Xbox
[ Michael French :: Wrathmaster 3000]
Graphic artist Michael French's multimedia installation "Wrathmaster 3000" is an original video game that comments on gaming violence...
March 2006 Los Angeles Times [scans: story]

Gallery Guide cover - The Hustle and the Bustle by Seonna Hong
[link: issue]

Rachell Sumpter at sixspace
[ Rachell Sumpter :: Seahorses Unite]
Rachell Sumpter's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles (and the inaugural exhibition at the gallery's new location in Culver City) introduces the artist's unique iconography in nineteen gouache paintings and fourteen ink drawings on vintage paper...
November 2005 Artweek

Seahorses Unite!
[ Rachell Sumpter :: Seahorses Unite]
Because there is something incredibly satisfying about raw, brutal, honest messages relayed through something as pretty and delicate as the magical character of underwater lands. This is what native Californian Rachell Sumpter prepares to do in her first solo show at sixspace...
September 2-15, 2005 LA Alternative Press [ link: story]

Modart
[Invader & Chad Robertson]
Features on gallery artists Invader and Chad Robertson.
July, 2005 Modart #4 [ scans: invader1 - invader2 - robertson1 - robertson2 - robertson3]

Blogs on Invader
[ Invader :: RUBIKCUBISM]
Lots of blogs chimed in about RUBIKCUBISM and links to many of those can be found on the exhibition page.
Blogosphere [ links]

Block Head
[ Invader :: RUBIKCUBISM]
Here’s a guy who likes a good time: French multimedia artist Invader is now showing a new body of work called RUBIKCUBISM at the sixspace gallery in downtown L.A. In his hands, iconic 1980s games literally become art, as he, er, toys with the imagery and concepts of Super Mario Brothers, Space Invaders, and, most predominantly, the Rubik’s Cube. His work is playful indeed, but also complex and radical, as it presents ideas about information, transformation, and the rules of nations.
June 9, 2005 LA Weekly [ link: story]

Our Space Invader
[ Invader :: RUBIKCUBISM]
Space Invader is not your conventional graffiti artist. For one thing, he’s from Paris. For another, he works alone and doesn’t run with a crew. No spray paint, wheat-paste, or supersized Sharpie markers involved. This guy does mosaics — really beautiful, intricate tiles of video game icons (Toshiro Nishikado’s Space Invader, 1978) — and they’re hidden all over the world.
June 9, 2005 LA Weekly [ link: story]

Women in a vulnerable state
[ Laura Mosquera :: BEAUTY IN THE BREAKDOWN]
Chicago-based artist Laura Mosquera is one of a number of young figurative painters who turn moderate, sometimes even clumsy drawing skills to unusually effective ends. Her L.A. solo debut at sixspace shows mostly women in abstract environments, seemingly in a state of suspended animation...
March 4, 2005 Los Angeles Times [ image: story]

Coop at sixspace
[ Coop :: PARTS WITH APPEAL ]
Nov 04 Artweek [ scans: story]

Coop - Juxtapoz
[ Coop :: PARTS WITH APPEAL ]
Juxtapoz

7 Days In LA
[ Seonna Hong :: RAILROAD ]
Seonna Hong is an L.A.-based artist and animator, whose recent paintings at sixspace have surprised and delighted her loyal and recent followers. Railroad, Hong’s first exhibition of oil-on-canvas works, opened May 22, and all the paintings have already sold. You, too, will be mesmerized by her images, which combine the levity of animation with the disquieting complexity of modern life. Her richly colored works show curious and innocent little girls outsized by trains and travel, a combination meant to reflect the discomfort of growing up.
June 04 - LA Citybeat

The Idealist
[ Glen E. Friedman :: THE IDEALIST ]
March 04 - Anthem #012 [ scans: story]

Adventures in the surreal world
[ Donovan Crosby :: RISEN ]
Review of Risen by Chris Barton for the Gallery Scene in the Weekend Calendar.
February 5, 2004 - Los Angeles Times [ here's why there's no scan posted ]

Shepard Fairey at sixspace
[ Shepard Fairey :: THIS IS YOUR GOD ]
Shepard Fairey knows exactly what he is doing. He has a master plan, complete with a manifesto and a small but fiercely loyal army.
Dec 2003 - Artweek [ scans: story]

Showstoppers: This Is Your God
[ Shepard Fairey :: THIS IS YOUR GOD ]
Questions surrounding civil (dis)obedience never loose their luster for Shepard Fairey, who explored this complex arena in This Is Your God...
Mar/April 2004 - Juxtapoz Magazine [ scans: page 1 - page 2 ]

SENT
All of the press reguarding the SENT Exhibition will be archived on it's own website at sentonline.com

Exhibitionism: In The Moment
[ Chad Robertson :: IN THE MOMENT ]
The results are like something you get combining David Lynch's conceptualism with Matthew Barney's lyrical details... more>>
Dec 2003 - Flaunt Magazine [ scans: story]

State of the Arts
[ Chad Robertson :: IN THE MOMENT ]
From boredom came inspiration... more>>
Dec 2003 - 28 Street Magazine [ scans: story]

For Justice
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Winona Ryder hosted a furnd-raising exhibition at the sixspace gallery in L.A for Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley, Jr. (aka the West Memphis Three)
Nov 2003 - V Life Magazine

Freedom Riders
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Underground art is meant to be controversial, right? And what's more controversial than an art fund raiser for...
Nov/Dec 2003 - Juxtapoz Magazine [ scans: story]

Winona Ryder lends her celebrity to a legal cause célèbre
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Winona Ryder's handlers would have preferred that their controversial client be somewhere else Saturday night — anywhere other than [sixspace] a downtown L.A. art gallery, hosting an exhibit to raise awareness for three inmates she believes were wrongly convicted. more>>
Sept 8, 2003 - USA Today

SOMETHING SHE BELIEVES IN
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Winona Ryder on Saturday speaking out [at sixspace] in support of the "West Memphis 3," a trio of teens she believed were wrongly convicted in the 1993 ritualistic murders of three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Former exes Johnny Depp and Eddie Vedder have also championed the teens' cause.
Sept 8, 2003 - E! Online

Cruel And Unusual at sixspace
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
An exhibition (Sept. 6 - 20) to benefit the West Memphis Three which marks the 10th Anniversary of Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley's arrests on June 3, 1993. Featuring works by The Clayton Brothers, Marilyn Manson, Grove Pashley, Chad Robertson, and others. Lecture by Jello Biafra. Hosted by : Winona Ryder. more>>
Sept 8, 2003 - The Book LA

The Devils' Advocates (cover story)
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
How Arkansas’ West Memphis Three went from convicts to L.A.’s cause célèbre. more>>
( 6,000 word story with several images of the work.)
Sept 5-11, 2003 - LA Weekly

Cruel and Unusual (cover story)
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Winona Ryder, Jello Biafra and Marilyn Manson are scheduled to lend a hand to the “Cruel and Unusual” exhibit and benefit at the Sixspace Gallery in downtown Los Angeles... more>>
Sept 5-11, 2003 - Pasadena Weekly

PICK OF THE WEEK: Cruel & Unusual: An Exhibition To Benefit the West Memphis Three
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Hard to believe it’s been a decade since Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols and Jessie Misskelley (a.k.a. the West Memphis Three; see feature article) were tried and convicted in Arkansas... more>>
Sept 5-11, 2003 - LA Weekly

WIRED MAGAZINE, Sept 03
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Things to do calendar listing [scan soon].
Sept 2003 - Wired

WINONA JOINS DEATH-ROW BATTLE
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
Troubled actress Winona Ryder is fronting an art show campaign to save three death-row inmates -- nine months after her own courtroom conviction. The 'West Memphis Three' were found guilty of murdering a young boy in a Satanic ritual, but Winona believes they're innocent and is supporting the art show next month to raise money for their legal defense fund. "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" at the Sixspace Gallery in Los Angeles will include artwork by a series of stars including shock rocker Marilyn Manson.
Aug 14, 2003 - The San Francisco Chronicle

Devil Worship
[ CRUEL AND UNUSUAL ]
CELEBRITY shoplifter Winona Ryder is taking up the cause of the West Memphis Three, a trio of death-row inmates convicted of murdering a young boy in a Satanic ritual. On Sept. 6, Ryder will host "Cruel and Unusual Punishment," an art show benefiting the killers' legal defense fund, at the Sixspace Gallery in L.A. The exhibition includes artwork by Marilyn Manson and a lecture by former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra.
August 12, 2003 - New York Post

Boing Boing
[ Nathan Cabrera :: THROWING ROCKS AT GIRLS ]
Offhand, can't remember the last time I stumbled into a seven-foot-tall 3D bear or a life-sized she-Stormtrooper armed with a revolving cannon at an art gallery. But I did last night. If you're in LA between now and April 26, don't miss Nathan Cabrera's debut solo exhibition in LA, "Throwing Rocks at Girls," at sixspace gallery downtown. More>>
March 30, 2003 - Boing Boing

Spectacular Spectacular
[ Tim Biedron & SINC :: NEW WORKS ]
Sixspace has a fantastic new show up on their website for Tim Biedron and SINC (Scott Sinclair). While they have very different styles, both are incredibly talented and produce symbolic, interesting pieces.More>>
Feb 2003 - Geekmuffin.com

Bust Me
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
December 2002- Thrasher Magazine- [scans: story ]

FLAUNT MAGAZINE #39
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
12/01/02 - [scans: story]

It's All About Attitude
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
11/21/02 - Los Angeles Times - [scans: story]

Fuckfest
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
Having flown the Copro/Nason coop and established her own hipster gallery, sixspace, in downtown LA, art entrepreneuress Caryn Coleman is out of the gate in high style... more>>
Jan/Feb 2003- Juxtapoz Magazine- [scans: story]

Pick Of The Week: Friedman: Fuck You All
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
You can debate the origin of harDCore punk - Bad Brains versus Minor Threat - until the hair grows back on your shaved head... more>>
10/31/02 - LA Weekly: Calendar [ here's a scan ]

Glen E. Friedman at sixspace in Los Angeles
[ Glen E. Friedman :: FUCK YOU ALL ]
8/05/02 - Juice Magazine