Nude dancing harlots, erotic circuses, bare-breasted revolutionaries and crocodile strangling. Now that's culture. These are all examples of characters currently inhabiting West Hollywood's art gallery Moral Punch. During the "Studying Character" exhibition animation artists like Tim Beard, Eliza Frye, Leo…
Continue Reading →The forward-thinking folks at LAX know as well as anyone how much of a hassle airline travel can be; weather delays, unforeseen luggage mishaps, and plenty of other aviation-related issues can always put a damper on your departure. While many…
Continue Reading →We've always loved lifestyle product company Poketo's usable art goods, which began five years ago as a project to promote the artists they felt were right on the money through the creation of vinyl wallets with artists' designs available to…
Continue Reading →Attention all fans of art in greater Los Angeles area: Overgrowth at GR2 runs from February 16th to March 12th, and it's sure to be a doozy. The exhibit features both the solo and collaborative works of Katherine Guillen, Zachary…
Continue Reading →Here comes my declarative statement for the week: The Ministry of Culture in Brazil is one of the best things to happen to government from which the U.S. could surely take note. From music events to art expositions, the federal…
Continue Reading →When we heard that Red Heat was opening in Los Angeles, our first reaction was one of utter confusion since we thought it meant a re-release of the horrendous 1988 action flick, starring the Governator and that According to Jim…
Continue Reading →SoCal Artist Bob Dob, whose punkish paintings I've admired since before I knew who created them, is the latest artist to team up with STRANGEco to produce some wicked collectibles. Raging, Smoking, and Drinking are Bob Dob's three vinyl interpretations…
Continue Reading →On any given day, I'll look at fifteen, twenty porfolios of graphic designers and artists, not counting the ones I close down immediately because of overly-annoying flash, obnoxious music or plainly horrific layouts. After six months of this being a…
Continue Reading →Many thanks to everyone who came out to the Imprint Culture Lab here in LA yesterday -- great seeing lots of familiar faces and meeting many new ones. If you missed it, you missed a stellar day diving deep into…
Continue Reading →My most favorite artist in the whole wide world, Takashi Murakami (see: Superflat, Louis Vuitton), is co-curating an exhibit with Giant Robot publisher Eric Nakamura, selecting the cream of the crop from Murakami's respected GEISAI art expos in Japan and…
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