Ken Gonzales-Day’s Captivating Images
It’s not until you get behind a camera that you realize just how much thought it takes to create a stunning photograph. At least that’s the lesson I’m taking away from my film photography class. Now when I step into the gallery space, I appreciate more a photograph that can not only aesthetically blow me…
Saying Goodbye to Who Shot Rock & Roll
It’s not easy to capture someone’s complex personality in one simple photograph. That’s something I’ve come to learn in taking amateur portrait photographs. So it came as a real treat to me that the Annenberg Space for Photography was hosting a show dedicated to the photographers who caught the musical and intimate personality of some…
“Ping Pong Show” New Works by Shark Toof at C.A.V.E. Gallery
I’ve been quite the Shark Toof fan as of late. When my love for street art grew, he was naturally an important name to know, and now with the release of his new book and the opening of a new show at C.A.V.E. Gallery, it’s great to see this artist continue to grow. Some of…
Hello Kitty Takes Over Known Gallery
As a little girl, I thought Sanrio was toy heaven. Every mall trip, I begged to go inside. And when I did, I made sure I saw every inch of the store. I had to pick up all the trinkets, click every cutesy mechanical pencil and Sanrio-character-topped pen until one of my parents dragged me…
Cryptik Brings his Movement to Book Form
While we are surrounded by familiar images and clear-cut messages in common visuals such as billboards, in the right parts of town images wait for us to dissect them. In the grittiest of settings, Cryptik places images of beautiful calligraphy and visually complex figures like Gandhi. The artist’s works compose the “Cryptik Movement,” an art…
Shark Toof Talks Art, New Book. Signs Book October 11 at La Luz de Jesus
As a form, street art proves oftentimes unpredictable and unexpected. You never know just what you might encounter when you round the corner of a street or drive down an alley. Among the many artists shaking us out of the boredom of our everyday lives is Shark Toof, whose signature shark emblazons city walls everywhere from…
“For Dogs’ Sake,”The London Police’s VIP Fashion Show and Documentary : Prelude to Show at Corey Helford
Sunday afternoon isn’t the most happening bar time in Hollywood, and bars aren’t the first places you think of when you hear “runway show.” Already, these two elements made “For Dogs Sake” — a VIP event put together by global street (and now gallery) artist group The London Police and Corey Helford Gallery, in anticipation…
“Nailed” Closing Reception at Subliminal Projects
Allow me to take a moment for some girl talk. Being a woman is hard work. You have to constantly maintain a pristine appearance, right down to the smallest details – for example, your nails. And while some of us feel content with a plain nude color or perhaps an adventurous neon hue, others take…
Andrew Schoultz: Ready to Take Over Los Angeles
As you drive east down Washington Boulevard, right before you hit Fairfax you might notice something different: Where there used to be a blank, brick wall there is now a sprawling, carefully detailed mural. The mural transforms the whole wall into a battlefield of sorts, large horses seeming to charge outside its boundaries carrying billowing…
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…