Soul Project Debuts New Art Tees by Julie Goldstein in October at Del Mar Fairgrounds
The Soul Project believes in the power of place, which is something I love about this OC-based apparel art tee project. Places are people, too, at least that’s what I think whenever I turn up in my short list of neighborhoods, beaches and wide-spots-in-the-road. Soul Project was started by Summer and Don Meek of Laguna…
Dan Barry on his Taetrum et Dulce: Lux in Tenebris (Creepy and Sweet: Light in Darkness)
“Taetrum et Dulce: Lux in Tenebris,” the group show at the lively Distinction Gallery in Escondido, Calif., showcases 30 Pop-Surrealist and Lowbrow artists from ten countries. The well-curated international survey is the co-effort of two curators: Dan Barry, the artist of Austin, Texas, and David Vecchiato, the Italian artist and Gallery Director of MondoPOP in Rome,…
“Heaven’s on Fire” at AR4T Gallery
Heaven’s on Fire at AR4T Gallery, Sept. 8, 2012: Objects borne out of rock and roll’s indeterminate firestorm are on display this month as part of a music-themed show at AR4T Gallery in Laguna Beach. These include a Swarovski-crystal encrusted mohawk skull, a purple haze guitar with orange strings and a record player retrofitted with LED lights.
Great West Coast Migration at the ARTery, Costa Mesa
Pangea Seed’s Great West Coast Migration Art Tour Aug. 10, 2012: How could you not, after viewing Kool Kid Kreyola’s “Me and My Shark Fin” short cinematic saga of a shark’s delights and eventual demise, want to help save the world’s great ocean predators? A touring show that started in Seattle, and will swell about…
The Garage at AR4T Gallery
The Garage at AR4T Gallery: Laguna Beach, Aug. 2-25, 2012 – Coming off the heels of a existential femininity show last month, the timing could not have been better to swing the pendulum the other way at AR4T Gallery and introduce a machismo-fueled, oily rag-devoted, ode to the realm of man: The Garage. Seattle artist…
Billabong Design for Humanity Art Auction
On July 25, 2012 the backlot of Paramount Pictures became a mini city au courant. It looked like New York City without the humidity and with more surfers…
Milk & Honey Group Benefit Show at Hurley
Recap: Milk & Honey Group Benefit Show at Hurley July 20, 2012, Costa Mesa, Ca. One of the only things better than affordable art is affording it to contribute to an important human rights cause. In the case of Milk & Honey, this was a one-night opportunity to support “Hope for India” through the channel…
Hurley’s Blacked Out at Hurley HQ, Costa Mesa
This one-night show presented by Dalek and the Hurley Art Team last week. The show was titled Blacked Out. See, Hurley has the black Phantom Fuse boardshort: mostly black, with two stripes of highlighter-color neon. So why not explore “the color palette of all back with a singular pop color”? (View this boardshort here — https://shop.hurley.com/department/phantom-10007.cfm)…
