In it’s annual exhibit, Last Rites Gallery sets out to present a broad-spectrum representation of Dark Surrealism. Held during Halloween weekend, The 13th Hour is the gallery’s largest group exhibit, and features renowned artists from around the globe- working in an array of mediums including painting, photography, and sculpture. From gothic elegance to finely crafted [...]
Chaos and ruin. Technological trends corrupting. Deformation, anatomical abnormalities, degradation and displacement. Whether related to the human body and spirit or the human environment, it is the ‘anti’ utopia. A few weeks ago, Copro Gallery and beinArt Surreal Collective presented Dystopia where each artist presented their own interpretation of human misery and despair. Whether figuratively [...]
Rarely (if not ever) before had a venue and exhibition blended as seamlessly as on Saturday night, when the legendary Clifton’s Cafeteria in downtown LA was transformed into a makeshift art gallery honoring David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. The setting was ridiculously ideal, since already adorning the three level eatery were tall Redwood tree replicas looming over the tables, forests painted on [...]
Happy New Year Everyone! 2010 has been an exciting year for Platinum Cheese and I wanted to share some blog data along with the 10 most popular posts from the year. It was no surprise to find The Date Farmers gracing the top 10 twice with their highly anticipated debut at Ace Gallery this past December. Armando and [...]
In Tarot, there are 22 cards in the Major Arcana suit (or trump cards) with each representing three themes of the human experience: the realm of the material world, the realm of the intuitive mind, and the realm of change. The Lowbrow Tarot Project features 23 artists using their unique creative genius to depict the [...]
Calendar
05.17 : Pedro Matos @ Martha Otero (LA)
05.18 : Hush @ Corey Helford (LA)
05.18 : Michael Mararian @ CHG Circa (LA)
05.18 : Souther Salazar @ Jonathan LeVine (NY)
05.18 : Marco Mazzoni @ Jonathan LeVine (NY)05.23 : Scott Campbell @ Oh-Wow (LA)
05.25 : Zombie @ Last Rites (NY)
05.25 : Dan Quintana @ Varnish Fine Art (SF)05.30 : Oliver Vernon @ Joshua Liner (NY)
06.01 : Lindsey Carr @ Thinkspace (LA)
06.01 : Jeremy Hush @ Thinkspace (LA)
06.01 : Chad Muska @ New Image Art (LA)06.06 : Otherworld @ Roq La Rue (SEA)
06.07 : D*Face @ StolenSpace (London)
06.08 : Dreamtime @ Mirus Gallery (SF)06.15 : Ben Eine @ CHG Circa (LA)
06.22 : Good Intentions @ Subliminal Projects (LA)
06.22 : Fiction @ Modern Eden (SF)
06.22 : Deedee Cheriel @ Merry Karnowsky (LA)
06.22 : Mel Kadel @ Merry Karnowsky (LA)
06.22 : Femke Hiemstra @ Merry Karnowsky (LA)
06.22 : Chris Beas @ Martha Otero (LA)06.29 : Word Play @ Design Matters (LA)
06.29 : Pose & REVOK @ Jonathan LeVine (NY)
06.29 : Brett Amory @ Jonathan LeVine (NY)






