Author: cultureshockart
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Candy Chang x Ted: Blight Turned Into Might
One of the most memorable moments of my trip to New Orleans last year was stumbling upon Candy Chang’s “Before I Die” wall during a bike tour. Last week Ted featured a speech by the NOLA artist recorded this summer. It is a touching self portrait of the artist sharing the sentiment behind an introspective…
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Target, Soup and Another “Happy Place”
Last year I wrote a post singing the praises of museum stores being my “Happy Place”. Well, a close second to museum stores is Target. I don’t know what it is about the place, but there’s something gratifying about going to Target after work to stock up on t-shirts, greeting cards, makeup bags, natural hair…
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Style Secrets from a Geriatric Starlet-the Incomparable Iris Apfel
Photo Credit: Vogue Italy Fantasy is powerful…everybody can’t handle it in big doses, but you can try little bits at a time.”-Iris Apfel @ the Met. I’m not one to follow starlets, but as a self-proclaimed “Geriatric Starlet”, Iris Apfel has such a unique, self-aware, no-nonsense point of view, I feel like I have found…
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Meanwhile, in Brooklyn…
My reaction to hearing about this Le Fooding event next month? I’ve always wanted to go to a Le Fooding event. They combine my love for Food, Music, Writing, Style and Artistic Expression. A feast for the senses! For more on Le Fooding Brooklyn Fling, click here.
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DTLA Lunch @ Industriel
While I say I’m a “recovering Foodie”, I frequently find myself relapsing into old habits…like stalking new restaurants. In the months before Industriel opened I thought it was going to be a Gallery, but when I found out it was a restaurant I excitedly counted down until the opening-then completely forgot about the place and…
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Self Driving Cars & Chris Burden’s Metropolis II-A Glimpse into the Not-So-Distant Future
I recently met a Clean Technology consultant who is not only a strong proponent of Electric Vehicles, but has also posited that Self Driving Cars will be a reality within in 5 years. Five years? I must say, the idea of getting into a car, entering my destination into a GPS, and then relinquishing the…
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Back to the Future with MOCA
If you live in LA and appreciate Contemporary Art you are likely following the Schimmel/MOCA melodrama that is now being called “Schimmelgate”. A resignation of this nature doesn’t happen without some people having something to say about it, so In the weeks following the announcement, we have had numerous interested parties weigh in on the…
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Bourdain Cooks Up… A Comic Book?
While at Golden Apple on Melrose a few weeks ago, the store was abuzz with talk about Comic-Con. This really isn’t my scene, but when I saw a copy of “Get Jiro!”, by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose, I picked up a copy. It seems that the world renown chef turned writer, globetrotter and all…
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Arrested Development Meets Melrose: “There’s Always Money in the Banana Stand”
On Monday I wrote a joke on my Facebook wall about “Gene Parmesan”, on Wednesday I made frozen chocolate bananas, and by Thursday I fell out of my desk chair upon learning the news that Gallery 1988 was about to open a show dedicated to one of the most brilliantly written comedies, Arrested Development. “There’s…
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