Bill Dambrova’s Worlds of Internal Wonder
Bill Damborva‘s paintings feature wondrous battles that splash out from their canvasses in beautiful bold colors. However, it’s up to the viewer in regards to what exactly they’re witnessing. Are they paintings of guts vs. microbes or something else? To me, they are fantastic narratives of the magical processes that go on inside our bodies…
Miss Van and Alex Garcia at CoproGallery
The main thing that connects the work of Miss Van and Alex Garcia together are the wild amount of people who have their art permanently tattooed onto their bodies. For instance, I met one awesome artist/blogger at the opening reception to their exhibits at CoproGallery who drove all the way up from San Diego with her Miss Van accompanying her the entire…
Brandi Milne’s “Before I Hide Away” at Corey Helford Gallery
Brandi Milne is an artist on a great path. Her work has progressed trifold throughout her career, and so her solo show at Corey Helford Gallery was quite the celebration. Especially, since according to the price sheet, the entire exhibit was sold out before the opening reception. Most of the paintings featured romantic winter scenes of…
Jesse Hazelip Touches Up his Mural at The Red Fort
Jesse Hazelip made the trip back to Venice Beach from New York in order to touch up his recent mural. The piece is representative of a Cockney slang term for being broke, and unfortunately due to its proximity to the ocean and exposure to sunlight the original wheat pastes he used for the animals and…
Motorcycle Mania at Agenda Long Beach
The aesthetics of cars and motorcycles are always tipping on the verge of fine art and are recently being more appreciated than ever before. Vehicles painted by Kenny Scharf and Keith Haring have shown up at the MOCA and the Oriol family exhibit at Carmichael Gallery was definitely amplified by all of the ridiculously tricked out lowriders…
Bottle Tones & Minus The Bear at Sonos Studio
Sonos Studio had the band Minus The Bear perform a full set at the opening reception for “Bottle Tones.” The exhibit is an interactive affair, in which participants are asked to push on pumps that send air to the lips of glass bottles, some of which date back to the 1800s. However, since the artists…
The Big Blue Gorilla on Market Street by Isabelle Alford-Lago
Isabelle Alford-Lago has recently painted one of her signature gorillas on Market Street in Venice Beach, CA. The big blue ape, which Isabelle named VINCENT, is high up on a drywall awning that countless people pass everyday on their way to the ocean. It’s a wonderful addition to the street spirit of the region. since…
Go West: David Ellis & Kris Kuksi at Mark Moore Gallery
Without getting too confusing, Joshua Liner Gallery in New York has curated an exhibit of David Ellis’ and Kris Kuksi’s work at Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles for the month of July. Ok, now for the good stuff!!! I first saw the art of David Ellis about 6 years ago when he put together…
Hennessy presents a Street Art Tour of Los Angeles guided by SABER
In celebration of their recent collector’s edition bottle featuring the artwork of Futura, Hennessy gave a selected group of journalists the opportunity to go on a Los Angeles street art tour guided by SABER. For those who don’t know, SABER is one of LA’s most well known graffiti artists, who came to fame with his 1997 piece in the…
ONCH MOVEMENT’S florescent pop-up shop @ Royal/T
The fashion and accessories brand, Onch Movement, set up a pop-up shop at Royal/T for the month of June. Their unique pieces like fried chicken necklaces and bacon bracelets were adorned by a flamboyant and fluorescent crowd at the opening reception – a majority of whom were gathered around a small case of baby chickens.…
A Prequel To Adam Roth’s mural At The US Open Of Surfing
Before Adam Roth painted his mural at the 2012 US Open of Surfing, he tested out some illustrations on awesome participants’ flesh at the 6th annual Billabong Design for Humanity event. It was a way of practicing the art of staying focused while having a crowd around him and the pressure of a time…