Photos, Interviews: Mural Painting on La Brea via Merry Karnowsky Gallery
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Over the weekend of August 17 and 18th the fabulous Merry Karnowsky Gallery, in partnership with TarFest 2013 hosted a rousing street art event that brought fine art and street art together in a bold new way. Gallery artists hit the streets alongside tried and true graffiti artists to share their craft by creating unique…
TarFest: Craola, Axis Team Up on La Brea
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A crowd gathered on La Brea Blvd between 1st and 2nd late Sunday afternoon to watch Axis and Craola participate in TarFest Art, a live painting event. We were lucky enough to catch Craola and Axis doing a team mural. More photos to come from the reception at Merry Karnowsi Gallery where participant Edward Walton Wilcox…
Craola Mania at Merry Karnowsky!
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“RSVP Mandatory” on the invite should have tipped me off that this might be treacherous. The line around the block should have sent me retreating. During the half-hour wait to get into Greg “Craola” Simkins‘ opening at Merry Karnowsky, a car stopped in the middle of La Brea, the driver yelled “Is that the…
Context Art Fair: Sculptural and Bright First Year in Miami
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Context was new the Miami art fair selection for 2012. was connected to yet another fair (Art Miami) by an outdoor courtyard lined with pop-up walls by Speedy Graphito and Bansky, as well as a gelato cart and a white tent where people sipped perrier out of the bottle. Context was held Dec. 6-9, 2012…
The New Traditionalists: Nicola Verlato and Vonn Sumner at Merry Karnowsky Gallery
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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.…