Save the Date: Jim Blanchard – Visual Abuse Book and Exhib Interview
Illustrator and graphic artist Jim Blanchard‘s instantly recognizable album cover, poster, and comix art from Seattle’s golden “grunge” era is celebrated in his new, and first book, Visual Abuse, released by his hometown publisher Fantagraphic Books. Jim will be in Los Angeles on October 7-8 to promote his book and exhibition of the same name, at…
Preview: Art Gathering LA with 6 Gallery/Artist Exhibitions Opens June 2nd-June 5th!
Pop Surrealism! Lowbrow! Tattoos! Performance! Installation! Film! Punk Rock DJs, Collectibles! Utter coolness! Art Gathering–the giant indie art fair and tattoo convention aboard the Queen Mary–is going to be huge! On board the venerable ship will be over hundred independent artists hanging on the Kulture Klash walls and showing in booths. Ron English and Chet…
3rd Annual Coaster Show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery Opens Tonight!
Who hasn’t sat at a bar, drinking a beer and doodled on a coaster? But many of us aren’t the extremely skilled painters, illustrators, animators, tattooists, sculptors or collage artists that are featured in the Annual La Luz de Jesus Coaster Show exhibition that takes a love of craft brewing and elevates it to high…
Dave Lebow “Weird Tales” Opens at La Luz de Jesus
Dave Lebow’s pulpy paintings are horror/adventure fan fantasies come to life. Voluptuous women, scary creatures, bizarre hominids, and strange worlds collide and merge. Lebow created the the Doomsday Killer paintings in the second to last story arc on the TV series Dexter, which showed last year at La Luz de Jesus, and now he’s back…
Mural Tour Showcases Arts District for LA Art Show Visitors
On Saturday January 18, over sixty guests of the Los Angeles Art Show explored the Los Angeles Downtown Arts District for a mural tour, CARTWHEEL’s first event of 2014. Conceived by CARTWHEEL founder Cindy Schwarzstein to compliment the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles‘ (MCLA) LA Art Show exhibition and panel discussion, Will Los Angeles Reclaim…
“Beer is Art” & Max Grundy Solo Show Opening at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
As a special tie-in to L.A. Beer Week, La Luz de Jesus Gallery presents “Beer is Art.” Also opening at the same gallery on Sept. 6, Max Grundy‘s solo show “Ozone Schmozone” is an alternate reality in which machines protect humans from the natural world. Grundy, a painter, illustrator, graphic designer and art teacher, is…
Cacophony at The Vista: “Into The Zone” LA Premiere
On June 20th, as part of an Evening of Cacophony featuring a multi-media three-ring over-the-edge book release and signing event for the Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society book at La Luz de Jesus Gallery (where interested locals can find a copy), filmmaker Jon Alloway’s Into the Zone, the Story of The Cacophony Society film made its debut Los Angeles screening at midnight in front of n enthusiastic and colorful crowd at the Los Feliz / Silverlake area Vista Theater.
Mutatis Mutandis: Interview and Studio Visit with Click Mort
Click Mort’s upcoming show Mutatis Mutandis opens Friday, July 5th, 8-11 pm and runs through July 28 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery.
Animal Style: A Conversation with JAW Cooper
JAW Cooper doesn’t know this, but she often wakes me up. She gets me out of bed. You see, I have very troubled sleep and most mornings my eyes open before the alarm sounds. In those drowsy moments, when my body isn’t quite motivated to propel itself off the mattress yet, I end up…
The Lowdown from Joe Copro: Interview with Greg Escalante
Cultural movements, as organic as they may seem, don’t just happen on their own. Especially so when it comes to art movements. There are catalysts involved. Art cannot breathe and flourish in a vacuum. Whether it’s been the Medici or Theo Van Gogh, art has always needed it’s patrons, it’s champions, it’s guardians of…