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Los Angeles Art Show 2012
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…
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My 2012 Art Forecast Calls for Travel, lots of Travel…
Now that the holidays are behind us and the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday is slowly coming to an end, my mind starts to drift toward thoughts of my next mini-vacation. Thanks to an article I read on HVW8 Gallery’s Facebook page, I’ve been inspired to travel around some of the shows highlighted in Complex Magazine’s…
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Grandma Graffiti-A Look at Yarn Bombing
A new mural is going up at the Standard today replacing last month’s which was made out of yarn. Yes, I said YARN. I must say I was amazed at how long it lasted (thanks to no rain in December). The mural got me thinking about an interesting street art phenomenon called “Yarn Bombing” which…
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The “BoomCase”
Behold the awesomeness of the “BoomCase“… If this doesn’t take the blahs outta your Monday nothing will. I spotted this today on the Warby Parker blog. I LOVE it! I want this so bad I’d be willing to design my home office around this piece. Hmm, my folks used to have this Samsonite Luggage in…
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Artistic Vision-Fashion with a Purpose
My first purchase in the New Year was a fantastic pair of Warby Parker sunglasses. I adore the oversized shape of the “Mabel”. In addition to being stylish, affordable, convenient AND efficient (I got my glasses in 3 days), the best part about a Warby Parker purchase is that for every pair you buy, they…
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Happy New Year
It’s been a wonderful year in art, and I love the fact that many highlights were chronicled here in my blog. I’ve had a ball going to some fantastic ground breaking exhibits this year, and I was lucky to meet some very fascinating people who each in their own way has made an impact on…
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Brooklyn Street Art’s “Images of the Year 2011”
I love everything about Brooklyn Street Art’s photo montage featuring a year’s worth of images shot by Jaime Rojo set to a killer track by Javelin (“By Hook or By Crook”). I can’t get enough of that beat! I’ve learned so much about street art in the last year and seeing these images really capture…
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Merry Christmas from CultureShockArt! (via the Roy Ayers Project)
I’m so excited to see that the 2nd compilation album from the Roy Ayers Project is available for FREE DOWNLOAD. If you aren’t familiar with the Roy Ayers Project or their Beat Submissions click here for more info: My personal fave is track #21 by RenRok, which you can listen to here. The album was…
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“Objects are perishable. But ideas need not be.”-A Look at Sol LeWitt
So this pair of shoes inspired a trip down an Art rabbit hole today. While looking at a catalog I spotted these Jimmy Choos and thought two things: 1. These shoes take me back Jawbreaker-eating, carefree summers in the 80’s, when I’d wear rainbow colored flip flops. 2. The shoe pattern bears an uncanny resemblance…
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Unique Gift Ideas… Made Easier!
Determined to re-write my history of procrastinating on Christmas shopping, last Sunday I found myself wandering aimlessly in the mall desperately looking for Christmas gift inspiration. Fail. There’s got to be an easier way! Instead of shopping on-line or taking advantage of Small Business Saturday deals, I waited and went to the mall. It’s the…
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