Laluzapalooza Opening: Big, Bold, Bad-Assed, and Beautiful

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Laluzapalooza Opening: Big, Bold, Bad-Assed, and Beautiful

Packed with art, packed with with people, Laluzapalooza is La Luz de Jesus‘s best juried group show to date, with cleverly grouped pieces that embraced the La Luz aesthetic of Low Brow and Pop Surrealism while pushing its definitions  further: While one whole wall was devoted to skulls and skeletons, and throughout bunnies, octopi, saints…

Cartwheel Recap: “The Mouseketeer Army” ~ New Works by Bob Dob

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Cartwheel Recap: “The Mouseketeer Army” ~ New Works by Bob Dob

The opening reception for the exhibit seemed packed with a bunch of rad players in the lowbrow art world like Anthony Ausgang, Andrew Hosner of Thinkspace Gallery,  Marc Trujillo, actress/singer Kate Flannery from NBC’s The Office who is also part of the Hollywood lounge duo The Lampshades. I wasn’t there to catch the action, but CARTWHEEL founder…

The New Traditionalists: Nicola Verlato and Vonn Sumner at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

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The New Traditionalists: Nicola Verlato and Vonn Sumner at Merry Karnowsky Gallery

I would like to put to death the use of the term “low brow.”  If only I had that kind of power. It’s a phrase not only overused but one, much like “No Wave,” which has no real meaning and, more often than not, does a disservice to that which it is meant to describe.…