Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) is a quarterly magazine and online art journal, committed to providing an active source for critical dialogue surrounding L.A.’s art community. Carla acts as a centralized space for art writing that is bold, honest, approachable, and focused on the here and now.

Carla issue 18 Contents include: 

Letter from the Editor
-Lindsay Preston Zappas

The Briar and the Tar: Nayland Blake at the ICA LA
and Matthew Marks Gallery
-Travis Diehl

Putting Aesthetics to Hope: Tracking Photography’s Role in Feminist Communities
-Catherine Wagley

Instagram STARtists
and Bad Painting
-Anna Elise Johnson

Interview with Jamillah James
-Lindsay Preston Zappas

Working Artists Featuring Catherine Fairbanks, Paul Pescador, and Rachel Mason
-Lindsay Preston Zappas
Photos: Jeff McLane

Children of the Sun at LADIES’ ROOM
– Jessica Simmons

Derek Paul Jack Boyle at SMART OBJECTS
–Aaron Horst

Karl Holmqvist at House of Gaga, Los Angeles
–Lee Purvey

Katja Seib at Château Shatto
–Ashton Cooper

Jeanette Mundt at Overduin & Co.
–Matt Stromberg
 

-KJ