My photographic work is based on a daily ritual through which I construct series of work.  My photographs essentially focus on compositions, lines, and color.  What is important to me is telling a story, and above all inducing a tone, an ambiance, and constructing a universe. I can also create series around precise histories, characters, […]

Sarah Frost is interested in the history of objects and structures.  Using found materials her work explores diverse themes, such as the desire for human connectivity and the tension between individuals and whole systems.  The installations are site-specific, taking inspiration from the built environment they are situated within.  They consist of large-scale, immersive accumulations of small, individualized […]

Monsters All Monsters This is an animation of Jim Shaw singing to my studio.  I’m watching on webcam from the past, before I moved back to LA to attend UCLA for my MFA  My friends call me Mike Kelly, but obviously I’ve never considered showing under that name.  Moving to LA I wondered how I […]

German illustrator Robert Malte Engelsmann (aka kaeghoro) gives Installation Magazine an exclusive first look into his most recent body of work, along with key insights into his artistic process.  Engelsmann collaborated remotely with Japanese artist Yosuke Tan (aka untangle), whose joint works are currently on view in a double exhibition titled untangle & kaeghoro at UDOK. in Japan.  Aside from […]

LA is the place to be this weekend to catch back-to-back events featuring Jim Mahfood aka Food One.  His first solo show Visual Funk at Hero Complex Gallery opens this Friday, November 15 from 7-10 pm.  On Saturday, November 16 the artist will be speaking and signing copies of Visual Funk at the Last Book Store starting at 3pm.  The artist speaks […]

Illustrator Mario Wagner best known for his Sci-Fi fantasy and cinematic images shares his latest work with Installation.   Wagner documented the creation of his mural Living Collage at The Standard Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles.  He utilizes his usual tools, scalpel blade, scissors, glue, and acrylic in a larger scale to become part of the ever-changing landscape of Downtown […]