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Lisa Adams: Location Unknown
The viewer’s gaze unhinges the schism between a utopic past and a dystopic present, whose wrath is concealed by an arsenal of exacting moves executed invisibly by the hand of artist Lisa Adams. By implementing a set of painterly techniques of her own creation, which includes the meticulous use of sponge rollers to create mosaic […]
August 24, 2014
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Jay Brockman: Sunrise to Sunset
A concrete jungle with no public transportation, LA was designed especially for the motorist thus traffic is an integral part of Brockman’s process. It also appears in nearly every piece of work. Often times, the headlight of a single car twinkles and nearly blinds the viewer, or cars are speeding out of the frame and […]
August 24, 2014
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Quam Odunsi: Stories from the Street
Featured image: Conceptual Artist Xvala’s Art Babies Street Art on Robertson Boulevard & Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles All images courtesy of Quam Odunsi
August 23, 2014
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All That Glitters is Gold
Every picture tells a story. For collectors Sirje Helder Gold and Michael O. Gold, each work basks in its own magnificence and curiosity on display in their Southern California home. Designed to showcase their growing collection. Every work has a personality so palpable it vibrates off the walls. Similar to the young narrator in Proust’s […]
August 23, 2014
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Cole Rise: Spectral Illumination
Through the lens of the camera, Cole Rise contemplates his place in the Universe. Driving across the country in search of awe inspiring landscapes revered for their sheer enormity and history on earth, the methodology behind Rise’s photographic practice requires a perspective that looks within and beyond. While the subjects of his photographs seem ancient […]
August 1, 2014
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Spencer Lowell: The Urban Alchemist
“The photographic method is like observation because you’re taking notes, forming hypothesis, bring samples back to the lab, you’re processing them and then you’re drawing conclusions and sharing what you find with people and essentially that’s one of the best parts.” How did a zebra find itself on a splintered asphalt highway in the […]
August 1, 2014