Category: Contemporary Art
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“Street Fight!”
A fierce rivalry is a great source of entertainment. In the art world, when artists espouse the merits of one style over another, the debate can quickly descend into vitriol, jealousy and animus. In the underground world of street art, one artistic debate is between the styles of graffiti vs. stencils, and each showcases a…
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The “Awesome Bears”
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…
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Easter Egg Hunting in Gridlock
After a few months of technical difficulties (read: Blog Block), I’m happy to post my inaugural entry to CultureShock. The choice of content for this first post was quite vexing. There are so many ideas and concepts I want to express on this site, so I thought I’d reserve my first foray into the…
Colony Little, Culture Shock Art 