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Openings: Eriberto and Estevan Oriol – “Like Father Like Son Exhibition” @ Carmichael Gallery

Posted by sleepboy, October 13, 2011

A couple weeks ago, the Carmichael Gallery hosted an exhibition from influential photographers and Angelenos Eriberto and Estevan Oriol. The retrospective featured select images from the father and son duo and documented their well-known love affair with LA Latino street life, street art, and graffiti with decades of work under their belt. Entitled Like Father, Like Son, the exhibition consisted of 25 limited edition prints from each photographer, including black and white, color, silver gelatin and digital c-prints. More photos after the jump from Brandon […]

Ron English – “Short Shelf Life”

Posted by sleepboy, October 12, 2011

In a similar vein to street pranksters TrustoCorp’s product rebranding campaigns, some new items made it onto the grocery racks courtesy of Ron English (featured). While in Venice, California for his show that just opened at the Post No Bills gallery (covered), the self-proclaimed disseminator of “popoganda” also made time to drop off some modified cereal boxes for local shoppers at a Ralph’s to chance upon. If you happen to find one yourself, send it to Ron and he’ll sign it for you. Discuss Ron […]

PULSE Los Angeles ’11: LeBasse Projects

Posted by sleepboy, October 12, 2011

Another pitstop for the AM crew several weeks ago as we walked PULSE Los Angeles was the booth housing the offerings from LeBasse Projects. For their part in the art fair, the gallery brought with them paintings from Nate Frizzell (interviewed), Katrin Fridriks, and Joshua Petker as well as some sculptures. Take a look at more photos taken for us by Carlos Gonzalez after the jump…

Art Platform ’11: Ai Weiwei

Posted by sleepboy, October 12, 2011

As we walked out the elevators last week to head into the main exhibition hall for Art Platform, something caught out attention in the side atrium. Imagine our surprise and delight as our eyes laid on Ai Weiwei’s Snake Bag, one of his most moving and intriguing works. The undulating 55 feet long serpent is created from 360 children’s backpacks and commemorates the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake. When the artist – activist saw the scattered backpacks in the rubble left by the thousands of children […]

Streets: Ron English – Barracuda Wall (Los Angeles)

Posted by carlosgonzalez, October 11, 2011

Just a few hours before his latest show at Post No Bills gallery (covered), Ron English (featured) took the time to adorned the fame Barracuda wall with his signature style. The wall which sits near the intersection of Melrose and Fairfax features four different images which touch upon the satirical aspect of English’s artwork. It also features a variety of pasters which are now showing up all across the city of Los Angeles. More photos after the jump…

Openings: “In the Wake of Dreams” @ Thinkspace

Posted by sleepboy, October 10, 2011

On Saturday night, the highly anticipated In the Wake of Dreams opened at the Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City. Featuring the collective talents of Audrey Kawasaki, Amy Sol, Stella Im Hultberg, and Mari Inukai, the group show sees the artists and friends four years out from their 2007 Four Dreams show in Portland. The new work showed a maturity and complexity that has developed over the years with Audrey exploring patterns and textures, Amy continuing to put a larger focus on her human characters, Stella also […]

Openings: Ron English – “English 101” @ Post No Bills

Posted by carlosgonzalez, October 8, 2011

On Thursday night, AM attended Ron English’s (featured) latest exhibit entitled English 101 at the Post No Bills Gallery. The exhibit featured limited edition prints, hand finished multiples, toys and other artwork that displayed the artist’s unique design and sense of humor. The place was filled from the start and crowds of people were lined up to meet the artist who also took the time to sign his artwork. Overall, the art on display featured an interesting mixture of various styles that English has utilized over […]

Preview: Lola Dupré ‘Shrapnel’ @ Phone Booth Gallery

Posted by sven, October 8, 2011

Having recently been turned on to Lola Dupré’s work, we were excited to hear that the Glasgow based collage artist has an upcoming solo exhibition at Phone Booth Gallery in Long Beach. Entitled Shrapnel, the exhibition will showcase Lola’s ‘exploding’ portraits of icons taken from popular culture, movie starlets and fellow artists as her subject matter. Dupré’s process is what first sparked our interest in her work – She literally dissects and reassembles her subject matter layer-by-layer by taking multiple prints of an original photograph […]

Streets: David Flores – “Basquiat” (Los Angeles)

Posted by sleepboy, October 7, 2011

Apart from the Cyrcle. crew painting their latest mural, David Flores also took the opportunity to paint his own mural at the Culver City building complex which houses mural work by Herakut and Andrew Hem. The Branded Arts sponsored project had Flores painting his signature style design on a big scale. Last time we saw Flores working on a wall, he took one of Phil Stern’s iconic images which featured James Dean. This time around Flores went a different route and created a rendering of […]

Preview: “I Want My Music Video Art Show” @ Meltdown

Posted by sleepboy, October 7, 2011

Tonight in Hollywood, the Meltdown Gallery will be hosting a group show celebrating 25 years of music videos with over 100 artists scheduled to participate including Aaron Jasinski, Aunia Kahn, Catherine Brooks, Chet Zar, Chrystal Chan, Dan Barry, Dan Quintana, Jeff Ramirez, Jessica Ward, Kid Zoom, Luke Chueh, Maxx242, Paul Chatem, Roland Tamayo, Scott G. Brooks, Scott C, and more. I Want My Music Video Art Show is curated by music video director Chris Marrs Piliero and pop-satirist Dave MacDowell, with the artists free to […]