What are Words for? Rero at Fabien Castanier Gallery
French street artist Rero will tell you that his work is about illusion. I don’t doubt his sincerity when he says that, but I think it’s more about confrontation. When you walk into “Image Not Available”, Rero’s solo show at Fabien Castanier Gallery, the first piece you encounter is a block of plaster with…
“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…
Punk Rock Saves: We Got P0WER! At Track 16
Some of you will never understand this, but punk rock saves lives. It certainly saved mine. There is salvation to be found in shared despair. You’ll have to excuse my navel-gazing for a moment, but when I was fifteen, things were pretty bleak. I’ll spare you the details but I was a really messed-up kid,…
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…
Uncommon Threads: Rimada, Barker, and Noborikawa at C.A.V.E. Gallery
You have to applaud a gallery that eschews lofty, esoteric themes in favor of merely exhibiting artists they believe in. Saturday night, C.A.V.E Gallery in Venice opened their latest show without some contemplative title, or any unifying motif. It is simply a display of three talented artists, Gustavo Rimada, Randy Noborikawa, and Craig “Skibs” Barker,…
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…
Hiding In Plain Sight: “Freestyle” at Fabien Castanier Gallery
Friends mean well, most of the time, and I’m not the easiest person to talk to, so I understand that they’re just trying to connect with me on some level. Yet I have come to approach their art recommendations with a certain amount of trepidation. Do you know this artist so and so? You should…
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…
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,…
Dirty Laundry at Thinkspace Gallery
A good piece of art will obviously show off the artist’s chops but a great one will communicate a vision that leaves an impression. On opening night of Thinkspace Gallery’s “Dirty Laundry” show this past Saturday, Adam Caldwell and Brett Amory’s differing aesthetic styles collided and left visitors’ minds reeling. What exactly does the…