LA Art Show 2014: Preview Photos, Coagula, Century Guild, Murals, and More!
It’s not a sculpture, but rather some huge thing mover, used ot move many of the things I saw Tuesday when I went down to preview the LA Art Show during install. What a scene! And oh thank goodness for LA’s unofficial city food, the bacon wrapped hot dog, which was the fuel of necessity…
Miami 2013 Photoblog: Aqua Art Fair
Michael Snodgrass Aqua Art Fair, from the inside! Aqua flows Beau Dunne Michelle Andrage Gary Baseman Juan Perdiguero From Seoul, Mari Kim Tim Okamura Tim Youd performs “Get Shorty” the classic Elmore Leonard novel that opens on Collins Avenue. Youd’s construction of Elmore Leonard’s typewriter Cole Sternberg at Aqua Thanks Jennifer Gross!
Miami 2013 Photoblog: Flaunt Mag Set Up, Parties
Behind the scenes shots as Flaunt Magazine preps for their Mana Wynwood extravaganza. Flaunt publisher Luis Barajas was (below) dancing around during install, clearly excited about the event, which opens today December 5. Meanwhile, Aquan-ettes and Pulsers partied. We’ll be bringing you exclusive coverage throughout the weekend. John Gheur of the digital and creative agency…
Miami 2013: Aqua Art Miami at the Aqua Hotel
Come experience west coast curated art at Aqua, part of the Basel Art Fair in Miami.
Interview: Art Publicists Draw Attention to Clients
The Miami Art Fairs and the the upcoming Los Angeles Art Show make it clear that there are a lot of artists, emerging and established, vying for wall space be it in your museums or your home. In Los Angeles, there are gallery shows opening every weekend, and thousands of artists hoping to hang their…
Photos: Robert Williams, Mr. Bitchin’ Premier Screening, Egyptian Theatre
Robert Williams, Mr Bitchin‘–the wild ride, the mind-expanding trip through the decades with artist Robert Williams–hit the shelves and screens on July 30, 2013 as a DVD and video-on-demand. To celebrate, the Egyptian Theatre held screening of the film. On the panel for the Q&A, filmmakers Mary Reese and Nancye Ferguson, Mat Gleason, Robert, and…
Tim Youd Heats Up With Post Office Parking Lot Performance
Tim Youd is a bad ass. He’s sitting in the parking lot of the downtown Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post office with a manual typewriter set up on the bed of a pick up truck. It’s 93 degrees and the sun beats down on the pages of Charles Bukowski’s autobiographical novel Post Office-set during…
Coagula Curator’s College Finishes Up with Salon Style Saturday
April 13 was the final show for the six of us taking Mat Gleason’s curatorial seminar. The show 13•4•13 was curated by me and painter Wini Brewer, and featured 13 artists. Each had one piece, with the exception of Tim Youd who had four, because, well they’re small and we used them to balance out…
“Lust Letters” Celebrates Sex and Text at Coagula
“Lust Letters,” Coagula Curatorial‘s sweet and smutty Valentine to Los Angeles opened Saturday night just as crowds were leaving the confetti covered streets of Chinatown, post-Year of the Snake Gong Hey Fot Choy parade. Tim Youd’s wall of retyped prose from Anais Nin’s erotica hung across from Bruce Richards’ poignant odes to love. Gaijin Fujita’s…