Fred 62: Art in a 24-hour Diner

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Fred 62: Art in a 24-hour Diner

People sip cherry cokes 24 hours a day under the sherbet-orange awnings at Fred 62, whether Vermont Avenue’s passing traffic is at 9am rush hour intensity or 3am’s streetlights and occasional revving motorcycle. Inside this neighborhood institution, which has been serving Los Feliz as Fred62 since 1997 (before that it was George’s Coffee Shop), the…

Tonight! Thursday May 23: Wayne White “Beauty is Embarrassing” at Mindshare LA

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Tonight! Thursday May 23: Wayne White “Beauty is Embarrassing” at Mindshare LA

We love Wayne White, and tonight, Thursday May 23, Mindshare LA presents Beauty is Embarrassing, the great documentary about this truly astounding American artist. He lives right here in LA, and work hangs in Fred 62 in Los Feliz. We recently reviewed his show at Western Project. Lisa Derrick interviewed Wayne and director Neil Berkeley…

Wayne White, “Master Retrospective 2000-2009” at Western Project

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Wayne White, “Master Retrospective 2000-2009” at Western Project

Wayne White’s art isn’t highbrow. It isn’t Low Brow. But it qualifies as both. It’s also all-American in the best of ways: Pure, funny, shoot-from-the-hip, self-made, inventive, imaginative. Wayne White is Will Rogers or Mark Twain with a paintbrush and a hot glue gun, an artist whose mural work greeted attendees at the 2009  Art…