A few weeks ago Australian artist Anthony Lister was in Los Angeles and was once again gracing our streets with his imagery of the ballerina. The mural sits in ‘The Audience’ building located on Beverly Blvd (the same structure where JR placed one of his wheat-pastes over a year ago). This new contribution by Lister [...]
C.A.V.E. Gallery is celebrating their 5 year anniversary with a group exhibit entitled ‘High Five’. The show will feature some of the best talent from the gallery’s roster plus a few new editions. Artists include Craww, DevNGosha, Haunted Euth, Hellbent, Kid Acne, Mear One, Nom Kinnear King, Pure Evil, Shark Toof, Tom French, Vinz Feel [...]
Tonight, 423 West Gallery will present a themed show to highlight art featuring Barris Kustoms Industries Designs in a contemporary light. Known throughout the world as the ‘original’ King of Kustomizers, George Barris’ creations are legendary in the world of television and motion pictures including the Batmobile, Munster Koach, Beverly Hillbillies, and KITT from Nightrider. [...]
Christian Rex van Minnen’s paintings are a surreal feast for the eyes. Influenced by the oddities of nature and the great masters of the Northern Renaissance, van Minnen creates figures of bulbous, blistery flesh fused together by flora and fauna within formal settings. It’s this innovative approach to portraiture that has the viewer simultaneously repeled [...]
The provocative beauty of Marco Mazzoni’s colored pencil drawings blend mysterious femininity with flora and fauna to create haunting personalities that captures the imagination and draws you in. In his upcoming show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Mazzoni continues his mastery of the medium and chiaroscuro style while exploring the political history of his home country. [...]
Brooklyn based artist Michael Mararian returns to Corey Helford Gallery this Saturday at the gallery’s second space, CHG Circa, with more of his delightfully absurd and humorous works. Rendering traditionally cheerful images and concepts into frightening, yet humorous tableaus, Michael Mararian often focuses on children as the last bastion of innocence to explore the dark [...]
On May 16th, Ben Oakley Gallery will present an exhibition by two very different artists, both have an immersive quality that commands the viewer to stare and drift into each drawing with total disbelief at the accuracy sharpness and depth delivered by the humble pen. David Bray’s imagination flows effortlessly and some what other worldly [...]
Presenting cutting edge art to the masses is familiar territory with an innovative gallery such as Thinkspace. These galleriest have their fingers on the pulse of the New Contemporary Art movement and their latest group exhibit entitled ‘Vanguard’ is no exception. Featuring the talents of twelve artists who draw inspiration from varied sources, the exhibition [...]
Oakland based artist Max Kauffman creates paintings with an air of whimsy that are filled with literal and abstract references to the world we live in. On Tuesday, May 14th, Kauffman will release two new prints for art enthusiasts – ‘As the Waves Crash Down’ and ‘Holding Position’. Both works evoke the artist’s folksy charm [...]
This Saturday, Fabien Castanier Gallery will present the latest collection of work by renowned contemporary urban artist Speedy Graphito entitled ‘NEWWORLDS’. For this exhibition, the French street artist will explore the mutation and perception of the image. In the age of digital over-consumption, myriad channels of communication have transformed the planet into a formidable distribution [...]
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