Jean-Charles de Castelbajac might have a remarkable name to say (try it) but he also has quite an impressive rap sheet considering this as his first solo show as an artist. Coming from a high profile fashion background, his artwork…
Continue Reading →At first glance, interdisciplinary Oakland-based artist Desirée Holman’s burqa and bikini wearing women bear little resemblance to the pencil-drawn character wearing a Liza Minelli-esque mask that opens Holman’s website, so much so that you may wonder if they were created by…
Continue Reading →While most artists struggle to be big in the States, others strive for the glory of being big in Japan after they've flopped in America. Of course, that isn't really the case with (our dear friend) the Canadian-born multi-disciplinary artist eepmon…
Continue Reading →I popped by the KAWS' opening last night at Gering & Lopez Gallery and was pretty impressed. The crowd was huge (too many people to even see the art very well), and a line snaked around the room to wait…
Continue Reading →I've been a Parla collector and fan for years-- since he came on to the mainstream art buying radar in a big way at the Art Basel Cityscapes exhibition in Miami a few years ago, his work (and the prices)…
Continue Reading →My friends in Japan think I'm nuts-- each time I'm in Tokyo (or even in London), I dive head first into Muji and stock up on everything. With 341 stores in Japan alone, it's sort of like a 7-Eleven to…
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