PRESS Reviews THE magazine-LA art Chad Robertson's paintings are stunning -- almost literally. Robertson engineers dozens of separate realities and scenarios into seemingly infinite picture planes inhabiting singular canvases, setting in motion an operatic swell of information....MORE>> September 2009 - Chad Robertson Art Scene Magazine When Louis Daguerre was awarded the patent for a process that mechanically captured and fixed images in a manner many thought of as perfectly objective, but without artistic merit, painters feared being put out of work by anyone who could cock a camera shutter....MORE>> May 2009 - 45 Painters under 45 Los Angeles Times A student at one of Los Angeles' premier art schools recently asked a question that had been troubling her for some time. It surprised me. Her problem was the dismissive, sometimes patronizing attitude toward painting her faculty and fellow studentsMORE>> December 2007 - Art Pick LA Weekly The pretext of “Dear Mr. Saltz” is a response to a 2004 article by former Village Voice critic Jerry Saltz (now with New York magazine) asking artists to give up painting (or at least painting mindlessly) from the photograph. But the show’s real premise is that there are artists here in L.A. who paint from the photograph and produce work of substance....MORE>> June 2007 - Artistry in altering photographs Los Angeles Times Most critics write, it's fair to presume, in hopes of stimulating a wider conversation. But the act can feel more like speaking to a two-way mirror. It's rare that the conversation, if initiated, circles back to the critic....MORE>> June 2007 - Zombies get caught in the act Los Angeles Times The back story of Chad Robertsn drawing inspiration from zombie films for paintings in his second show at sixspace only confirms the strengths and weaknesses in these works...MORE>> June 2006 - Art in LA artkrush.com Unfairly typecast as a netherworld of escapist entertainment and airbrushed celebrities, Los Angeles has long fought for a legitimate place at the high-culture table....MORE>> June 2006 - artkrush.com The Artist: Chad Robertson Anthem Magazine For many people, turning an artistic passion into a profession is a pipe dream. And for those willing to take the risk, fierce competition and lack of experience often bring careers full circle.There are of course exceptions to the rule...MORE>> April- May 2006 - Chad Robertson Pintura en.movimiento Staf Magazine (Spain) Pues si. Aunque no lo creas, lo que estås viendo es pintura. Las pinturas de Chad Robertson....MORE>> May 2006 - Chad Robertson: On the rise The Art District Citizen There is something hauntingly beautiful about Chad Robertson's work, as well as eerily disturbing....MORE>> May 2006 - Chad Robertson: On the rise The Art District Citizen There is something hauntingly beautiful about Chad Robertson's work, as well as eerily disturbing....MORE>> May 2006 - Chad Robertson MODART Magazine Conscious or unconscious, so much of what we do or think is hidden from the naked eye....MORE>> June 2005 - Exhibitionism FLAUNT MAGAZINE The results are like something you get combining David Lynch's conceptualism with Matthew Barney's lyrical details...MORE>> Fifth Anniversary Collector's Issue 2003 - Flaunt Magazine FLAVORPILL.COM The oil paintings in Chad Robertson's latest exhibition, In The Moment, evoke both the epic and ephemeral... MORE>> - flavorpill.com In the Works INGENUE MAGAZINE ...In fact, Lee recently threw a party for painter Chad Robertson, and within a week, several of the paintings were sold to the likes of Beck, actor Danny Masterson, and pro-skater Eric Kotsen...MORE>> Oct 2003 - Ingenue Launch Issue WIRED Things to do calendar listing [scan to come]... MORE>> Sept 2003 - Wired COVER STORY: The Devils' Advocates LA WEEKLY How Arkansas’ West Memphis Three went from convicts to L.A.’s cause célèbre. 6,000 word story with several images of the work.)... MORE>> Sept 5-11, 2003 - LA Weekly Cruel & Unusual: An Exhibition To Benefit the West Memphis Three PICK OF THE WEEK 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 Cruel And Unusual: an exhibition to benefit the West Memphis Three BOOK LA 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 For Justice HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 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)...MORE>> Sept 2003 - Hollywood Reporter Freedom Riders JUXTAPOZ Underground art is meant to be controversial, right? And what's more controversial than an art fundraiser for three convicted child murderers? At sixspace's Cruel and Unusual exhibition this September, all eyes were on the West Memphis Three... MORE>> September 2003 - Juxtapoz State of the Arts 28 STREET MAGAZINE 28 STREET MAGAZINE: State of the Arts From boredome came inspiration... MORE>> December 2003 - 28 Street BRNTWD Profundly disturbing and provocative. Chad Robertson's paintings are often characterized by a certain sense of seductive melancholy...MORE>> September 1999 - BRNTWD Magazine