So, I get these songs stuck in my head…Every time I think about MOCA’s upcoming Fresh Auction this Saturday, this song pops into my head. If you were born before 1975 you probably can guess it. Now that the painfully tragic memory of that song is stuck in YOUR head (you’re welcome), let’s talk about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Shepard Fairey’
MOCA Fresh Auction 2012
Posted in Collecting, Contemporary Art, Museums, tagged Aaron Kraten, Charles Gaines, Cindy Sherman, Danny First, Dennis Koch, Fred Tomaselli, Gary Baseman, Gregory Michael Hernandez, John Baldessari, MOCA, MOCA Fresh Auction, Robert Rauschenberg, Shepard Fairey on March 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On Your Marks… Get Set…Go! (Get Some Art) Incognito 2012
Posted in Collecting, Contemporary Art, Museums, tagged Ed Ruscha, Elisa Longhauser, Gary Baseman, Incognito 2012, John Baldessari, Lisa Melandri, Rena Small, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Shepard Fairey, SMMoA on March 18, 2012 | 3 Comments »
What do you get when you combine 700 works by 500 artists and a room full of eager collectors? SMMoA’s ”Incognito 2012″ delivered yet another exciting evening of art and celebration. All works were donated by the artists as a fundraiser for the Santa Monica Museum of Art at Bergamot Station. The rules: Pieces are no [...]
Los Angeles Art Show 2012
Posted in Collecting, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, Pop Art/Culture, Street Art, tagged Andy Warhol, Cameron Gray, Cecilia Paredes, Corzine Fine Art, Damien Hirst, Denis Bloch Fine Art, Elisabett Gudman, Francisco Bugallo, Galeria Moro Takashi Murakami, Jeffrey Koons, Kirk H Slaughter, Los Angeles Art Show 2012, Salt Fine Art, Shepard Fairey, Speedy Graphito, Young June Lew on January 23, 2012 | 6 Comments »
The Los Angeles Art Show is one of many events scheduled during LA’s Arts Month. This January, visitors and natives alike partake in the city’s many cultural offerings from Photo LA, the LA Phil, the Affordable Art Fair, Pacific Standard Time and the much-anticipated Los Angeles Art Show. Perhaps it is the heady variety of [...]
…and the Oscar goes to…
Posted in Art/Culture, Contemporary Art, Pop Art/Culture, tagged Banksy, Documentaries, Exit through the gift shop, Shepard Fairey on January 31, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Compiling a list of “Things I Hate About L.A.”is a trite but required rite of passage for anyone who’s lived here for more than 5 years. Sandwiched somewhere between the word “Fro-Yo” and women who wear Uggs with shorts is #253: the endless barrage of studios begging for votes around award season. You can’t turn [...]
The “Awesome Bears”
Posted in Contemporary Art, Pop Art/Culture, Uncategorized, tagged Awesome Bears, graffiti, Phil Lumbang, Shepard Fairey, Street Art, The Standard Hotel on March 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Part of what makes street art so fascinating is when it appears in very unexpected ways. When I was stuck at a light looking around at some boarded up storefronts on an economically challenged street between Silver Lake and Echo Park, I was greeted by the morning pleasantries of two bears in dialog. A white [...]
