Preview: Big Hair: The Life and Times of Tomata Du Plenty at Artshare
Here are a few photos showing a bit of what’s on display at Big Hair: The Life and Times of Tomata Du Plenty May 2 and May 3. This show is a celebration of proto punk pioneer and talented artist Tomata Du Plenty, where performers presenting his music and collectors presenting his art can mingle…
Photos: VIP Reception Moby’s “Innocents” at PROJECT Gallery
On Thursday February 20th, PROJECT Gallery, hosted a VIP reception of Moby’s newest photography installation. As friends, fans, and artists roamed the Hollywood gallery, art enthusiasts celebrated the debut of “Innocents,” a collection of photographs portraying Moby’s vision of an eerie post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. PROJECT Gallery invited guests to step into Moby’s version of a…
Preview: Jon Aes-Nihil Photos at Rat Factory
Jon Aes-Nihil has spent many years as a kind of enigma of the local underground. He has sometimes been referred to as “The LA Warhol,” but rather than being based on any substantive connection between the two, that title is mostly due to the fact that Aes-Nihil has white hair and surrounds himself with a…
SID: Superman is Dead at Subliminal Messages in Echo Park
A night of art and music based on the too-brief life of Sex Pistols guitarist Sid Vicious at Subliminal Projects in Echo Park.
TKU Preview: Ausgang, Boyd, Heller, Neutra, Veca
The artwork for The Karma Underground‘s “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” benefit expresses a wide variety of styles and subject matter, from Anthony Ausgang’s Pop Narrative and Max Neutra’s Pop Surrealism to Matthew Heller’s line drawings and Brandon Boyd’s water colors and Mark Dean Veca’s strong graphics. These and works of over thirty other artists…
photo l.a. panel: Collectors Talk Collecting
The Collecting: A Critical Perspective; the Changing Market Roundtable, at photo l.a. was filled with useful information about collecting contemporary photography. The panelists provided insightful commentary on their own collections, questioned what makes a collection, and considered other relevant issues for the serious collector. Collectors on the panel were Keith Davis of Nelson-Atkins Museum; Gloria Katz…