Ken Garduno is a strange and fascinating subject of complex and obsessive artistry. A scruffy, quiet and neurotic illustrator and painter, Garduno works tirelessly in his studio in East L.A., creating dozens upon...
Read More →“Repetition and recollection are the same movement, only in opposite directions; for what is recollected has been, is repeated backwards, whereas repetition properly so called is recollected forwards.” Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard distinguishes in...
Read More →The industry of mainstream video games revolves around high-grossing titles. These are typical adventures featuring masculine protagonists, brute strength, militaristic prowess and highly sought after graphics of realism. Games that feature strong women...
Read More →On a late Friday afternoon I met up with Los Angeles based artist Kristine Schomaker. We talked about Avatars, body image and feminism over lunch at Barbara’s studio in The Brewery Art Colony,...
Read More →Michael Dee’s recent bodies of artwork shift and move seemingly independent from one another, but hover around the concepts of destruction, mortality and the dichotomy of chaos and order. With inspiration ranging from...
Read More →Surf rock may be the oldest and most distinctively Southern Californian genre of music we have. Its style and characteristics are simple, yet challenging enough to be hard to do well. Progenitors of...
Read More →I am riding the highest wave, holding the reigns of an elephant with a diving force. Wearing a crown made of tear drops. I am pulling the reigns back into me and aiming...
Read More →WHAT: This opening marks the first event in a series of Pop-Up Art Shows hosted by the new and enigmatic Los Angeles based collective known as False Gallery. This is a rare and...
Read More →Artists are strange creatures. Creative, often narcissistic, selfish and expressive, yet these are the people we look to for inspiration and insight to live life more fully. Creativity is a blessing and a...
Read More →Jennie Cotterill is the kind of artist I always aspired to be like. Her work is not bound by any one material or genre, and it embodies the best of the darkness of...
Read More →I struggle with writing. Day to day it changes, and I keep having to revisit every single lesson I ever got, every piece of advice, every tidbit of care, to create. It didn’t...
Read More →In just three days, the insane video “Limitless” has surpassed over 2.5 million views, and for a video based on graffiti and time-lapse photography and video, that may be a record. After viewing...
Read More →If you are unfamiliar with E-VOLVED Magazine, now’s your chance to catch up, fast. This DIY magazine is only on issue 3, but they are growing exponentially, and offering quality alternative content in...
Read More →I’d known Sarah Elise Abramson for almost a year before I knew how gifted of an artist she was. I guess this wasn’t surprising as she was one of those people I...
Read More →This Southern hunk of badassery is blowing our tiny rogue minds over here. Based in Richmond, Virginia artist Morgan Herrin transforms the most generic and humble material—construction-grade 2x4s—into spectacularly detailed figurative sculptures. Ah-mazing. The figure...
Read More →A grid of physical entities, 2012 A capacity to breed and recover, 2011 Circle of reception, 2011 An upward displacement, 2010 Resound with an echo, 2011 Revisit the revolution, 2012 Second system of...
Read More →Beyond Eden is an annual exhibit that brings a handful of galleries together in one space for the best of the best. It is always a fun event, full of live painting, great...
Read More →It was cool Friday evening when we walked past desolate and gritty car repair lots, whose corners were occupied by a few homeless souls taking shelter for the night. It was a...
Read More →Disclaimer: I’ve known several of the people in White Night for a long time; a few of them are some of my oldest friends in Los Angeles. In fact, Kid Kevin, the band’s...
Read More →When we were only tiny children, Christo and Jeanne-Claude blew our minds with giant yellow umbrellas, scattered across the California mountains. It was the first time in our lives that learned art...
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