Save the Date: Karen Hsiao / Miso Exhibition at La Luz de Jesus – April 7th

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Save the Date: Karen Hsiao / Miso Exhibition at La Luz de Jesus – April 7th

    Painter and photographer Karen Hsiao‘s works are a glorious combination of creativity and skill, realized through a  a team of makeup artists, hairstylists, and fashion designers who help to materialize her intense and imaginative subject matter. Her newest collection of works, Vow of Silence (In Convents), opens tonight at La Luz de Jesus…

Krampus-themed “Naughty or Nice” at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica

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Krampus-themed “Naughty or Nice” at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica

Copro Gallery offers to the public “Naughty or Nice,” a group exhibition of Krampus-themed artwork with performances b y Krampus L.A. to boot.

Preview: Krampus at Copro “Naughty or Nice”

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Preview: Krampus at Copro “Naughty or Nice”

And again I’ve been debating how to approach CARTWHEEL story because (full disclosure) there are some rather full disclosure of me in Louie Metz’s Krampus painting that will be part of the Krampus Art Show, Naughty or Nice opening Saturday. Now granted, Louie is a gentleman, so he discreetly covered parts of me, but yeah,…

Laluzapalooza Preview: Mark Edward and his Magical Devices

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Laluzapalooza Preview: Mark Edward and his Magical Devices

Laluzapalooza is one of my favorite art shows of the year: Over a hundred artists from all over the world exhibiting so much amazing art, plus the opening is one of the best parties ever. While looking at–okay drooling over–all the art I don’t have room for in my house, a name leapt out, one…

Preview: October’s “The Macabre Show” at La Luz Highlights Grotesque Beauty

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Preview: October’s “The Macabre Show” at La Luz Highlights Grotesque Beauty

The word grotesque comes from the same Greek root as “grotto,” meaning a hidden place. It was in grottoes, either natural or man-made caves, on their sprawling estates where nobility would have artists create strange, fantasy-driven works of art to surprise, delight and disturb. By the 18th Century, the word’s usage, whether in English, French or…