RSVP Event: Ravi Zupa at Subliminal Projects

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RSVP Event: Ravi Zupa at Subliminal Projects

Subliminal Projects presents Ravi Zupa’s works, with the artist in attendance and music provided by Ben Lee Ritchie Handler and your host Shepard Fairey. Make sure to email preview@sumliminalprojects.com and  RSVP for the reception (and don’t forget to tip the valet parking dudes, who are a blessing!). The show runs through November 23, but the …

Black Light Ping Pong with Shepard Fairey Spinning–RSVP

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Black Light Ping Pong with Shepard Fairey Spinning–RSVP

Black light! Ping pong! Shepard Fairey DJ-ing! Plus Ryan McGinness’ new book, Women: New (Re)Presentations! All of this at the Standard Hotel Downtown! What a way to spend a Thursday evening! RSVP is a must (mcginniss@standardhotel.com) for extreme revel which begins at 8pm. Eschew basic black and go for for the glow!

Beyond Eden: See It Sunday!

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Beyond Eden: See It Sunday!

Beyond Eden was jammed full last night with art lovers taking in this  art fair featuring three major New Contemporary galleries from the Westside and San Francisco’s Spoke Art Gallery. Beyond Eden continues today from noon to 5pm at the Los Angeles Municipal Gallery at Barnsdall Art Park, one of the loveliest spots in spots…

Beyond Eden Sneak Peek!

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Beyond Eden Sneak Peek!

Beyond Eden! Oh, what those words imply–the knowledge of good and evil, the struggle to make one’s mark in a harsh world, and the desire to return to a paradise lost. All of that is implicit in Beyond Eden, the two day art fair at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park, October…

“Outside the Lines” Coloring Book at MOCA

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“Outside the Lines” Coloring Book at MOCA

Keith Haring, Laurie Lipton, Shepard Fairey, AIKO, Exene Cervenka, RISK, Steven Harrington, Tyler Gibney, Gary Baseman and Tofer Chin are among the 100-plus artists who have work in “Outside the Lines: An Artists’ Coloring Book for Giant Imaginations,” now available at the MOCA Store at MOCA Grand Ave. A launch party and signing event, during…

Shepard Fairey Adds Mural to 118 Winston’s Indian Alley

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Shepard Fairey Adds Mural to 118 Winston’s Indian Alley

The brick walls along the alley behind 118 Winston in Downtown Los Angeles’s Historic Core provide a canvas  for some of Los Angeles best known muralists. Over Labor Day weekend, Shepard Fairey left his mark with a second mural on what is known as Indian Alley–much of the art work on the bricks represents images…

Kulture Kreator: An Interview with Craig Stecyk

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Kulture Kreator: An Interview with Craig Stecyk

I’m not going to lie, from the moment I was asked to interview Craig Stecyk about curating Kustom Kulture II, I started to freak the hell out. Oh, I put on a calm front—‘Sure. Yeah, I’ll do it.” But once I hung up the phone, I was seized by a mild neurotic meltdown. There is the…

Collector Interview: Coachella Content Coordinator Jon Halperin

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Collector Interview: Coachella Content Coordinator Jon Halperin

The secret to a good art collection? Form strong relationships with galleries. Have a good framer you can depend on. Buy at charity shows when you can.  These pointers come from Jon Halperin, who has one of the most enviable pop art / street art collections of small-to-medium prints, original paintings and toys we’ve ever…

Photos: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Arrive at Subliminal Projects

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Photos: Planes, Trains, & Automobiles Arrive at Subliminal Projects

There’s a real family vibe at Subliminal Projects, Shepard greeting guests before spinning, his wife Amanda and kids moving through the crowd,  itself a mix of Westside art patrons with Blouin  ArtInFocus Gallery Guides in one hand, price lists in other; and Silver Lake/Echo Park locals, including some die hard Obey fans, with everyone taking…

Shepard Fairey Finishes “Make Art, Not War” Mural in Silver Lake

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Shepard Fairey Finishes “Make Art, Not War” Mural in Silver Lake

Last night after dark and this morning I went down to see more of Shepard Fairey’s “Make Art, Not War” mural on the side of Baller Hardware and then later this after this afternoon watched the final touches as the team form Baller Hardware took down the scaffolding and Shephard began his detail work. Fairey…

“Make Art, Not War” Shepard Fairey Paints Town Red

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“Make Art, Not War” Shepard Fairey Paints Town Red

For the next two days, artist Shepard Fairey and crew are turning a blank wall at Baller Hardware on Tracy and Hyperion into a mural, a (hopefully) permanent piece of statement art reading MAKE ART, NOT WAR Fairey is friends with Baller’s owners and buys supplies there which is how the mural came about. (Baller…