Tag: Shepard Fairey
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MOCA Fresh Auction 2012
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…
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On Your Marks… Get Set…Go! (Get Some Art) Incognito 2012
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…
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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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…and the Oscar goes to…
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…
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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…
Colony Little, Culture Shock Art 