dayoutlast is a record of my direct engagement with mostly contemporary art, mostly Los Angelean.

As this blog has evolved since its 2010 inception, so has my perspective. What I once perceived as central within the investigation was what was central, literally, within the photographic frame that I shared here. While still an important consideration, such thinking has also given way to more peripheral considerations, ones also accompanied occasionally by text (written manifestation of thought) and the oscillations between them. What's missing here are larger unknowns surrounding issues of presentation and representation; the amount of time and space it actually takes to accomplish such first-hand observations; and the quandaries between documentation and interpretation.

Despite my attempt to communicate here with image and text what is essential in some respect about the artwork, neither representation should ever be considered a substitution for the primary viewing experience. Of course, occasionally there are exceptions.

Most of the time, these posts are merely remnants---residual fragments---from my last day out.

Friday, January 25, 2019

Meg Cranston "Hue Saturation Value: The Archer Paintings" @ Meliksetian Briggs



Hue Saturation Value (Red), 2018
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 in / 154.2 x 114.3 cm


Hue Saturation Value (Blue), 2018
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 in / 154.2 x 114.3 cm



Hue Saturation Value (Full Spectrum), 2018
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 in / 154.2 x 114.3 cm




Mr. Moseby’s Salmon Not Pink Shirt, 2019
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in / 91.4 x 61 cm


Friday, January 4, 2019

Bridget Riley "Painting Now" @ Sprueth Magers | Los Angeles


Black to White Discs, 1962
Emulsion on Canvas
70 x 70 inches










Cascando, 2015
Acrylic on APF Polyester support
59 x 177 1/8 inches


Study for Measure for Measure 25, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
61 3/8 x 61 3/8








Untitled 2 (Measure for Measure Wall Painting), 2017-18
Graphite and Acrylic on Plaster Wall
67 x 150 3/8 inches




Measure for Measure 7 (Wall Painting), 2016
Graphite and Acrylic on Plaster Wall
93 3/4 x 93 3/4





Cosmos 2, 2017
Graphite and Acrylic on Plaster Wall
65 x 220 7/8 inches





Pink Landscape, 1960
Oil and canvas
40 x 40 inches





Quiver 3, 2014
Graphite and Acrylic on plaster wall
149 5/8 inches x 346 1/2 inches










Memories of Horizons 1, 2014
Oil on canvas
68 7/8 x 131 1/8 inches