LA Skin & Ink at Craft and Folk Art Museum
Just inside the Craft and Folk Art Museum on Wilshire, a girl quickly unbuttoned the top of her pants to show off a small tattoo on her the inside of her hip. No exhibitionist, the girl simply showed off her ink design to gain admittance in the locale’s show “LA Skin & Ink.” On opening…
Retna at Michael Kohn Gallery
More than a decade ago, Marquis Lewis aka Retna began making art around the city. The Los Angeles native quickly began to cover more and more of the city while developing an eye-catching style: characters that mesh Arabic writing with Asian calligraphy and much more. Fast forward to today, and he remains one of the…
Melanie Rothschild “Pours with Purpose” at Fresh Paint Art
This past Saturday night, Fresh Paint Art Gallery‘s neon sign glowed a few different colors, attracting groups of passersby. As they went inside the gallery’s doors, a group of hanging strips of variously colored paint greeted them. In all colors and patterns, the strips were only a taste of Melanie Rothschild‘s colorful work that comprises…
Daniel Joseph Martinez, “I Am a Verb” at Roberts & Tilton
From the outside, the building looked simple. Mostly nondescript, it blended into other buildings on Washington Boulevard, but when you got closer you could spot a neon sign that spelled out “BAIL BONDS” next to a similar sign that read “OXYGEN.” The man near the door held it open and you entered a space…
Andy Freeberg, “Art Fare” and Alexandra Bellissimo, “Simulations” at Kopeikin Gallery
If you visit Culver City’s Kopeikin Gallery anytime soon, you’ll be in for quite the visual treat. Andy Freeberg‘s “Art Fare” and Alexandra Bellissimo‘s “Simulations” give their own spin to images in ways that will make you look twice at the image in front of you. Freeberg takes the people usually behind the scenes…
“Haro” the Inaugural Exhibit at CHG Circa
An unknowing passerby on Saturday night possibly mistook the long line on Washington Boulevard as the entrance to a club or bar. But the crowd in fact waited to enter CHG Circa, the new gallery opened by the Corey Helford Gallery a few doors down. Bouncers at CHG Circa let small amounts of people…
Stay Up! Los Angeles Street Art
From Downtown to Midtown to South Central, Los Angeles’ streets have become canvases. After MOCA’s “Art in the Streets,” street art not only grabbed Angelenos’ attention, it became a hot topic in the art world. Attempting to shed light on the city’s street art scene is Azusa Pacific professor and writer Jim Daichendt, author of…
Play MOCA at the MOCA Geffen with Cults
Little Tokyo pulsed with music this past Saturday as an outdoor performance at MOCA Geffen rocked the night. As part of “Play MOCA,” Lord Huron and the Cults gave a free show to attendees complete with food trucks and complimentary touch-ups from Smashbox cosmetics. A DJ set from Victoria Bergsman and visuals by Emmett Malloy…
Steven Harrington at Known Gallery
As young skateboarders and curious pedestrians roamed the sidewalk of Fairfax Avenue, Known Gallery prepared itself for its new show. Inside, sculptures, screenprints, shoes and more stood waiting for eager eyes and snapping cameras to fill the room. Steven Harrington‘s “InsideOut” didn’t disappoint gallery-goers on Saturday evening as they filled the room and took…
I Art You 78/83 at (Sub)Urban Home
What makes a work of art pop? Color, for one thing. When you walk into any gallery or museum the brightest thing in the room might catch your eye right away. And on Thursday night at (Sub)Urban Art, there were plenty of colors for visitors to feast their eyes on, thanks to I Art…
Public Works Opening at LALA Arts
No matter your opinion on the form, street art undoubtedly continues to shake up the art world. Plenty of gallery and museum shows have been paying close attention to street art’s forerunners and the impact of their art on everyone from unsuspecting passersby to established art critics. One of street art’s biggest supporters, Daniel Lahoda,…
