Mark Schoening’s works are explosive.  The compositions appear as though they were created in one, single effortless gesture.  Two-dimensional space is transformed into a three-dimensional optical playground.  Shards of confetti, submersed in bleeding black inks glow from beneath a hard-candy resin veneer.  Schoening’s works exude a palpable energy and demonstrate a playful manipulation of surface […]

Collecting runs in Bill Clarke’s blood.  Following in his father’s footsteps, a lifelong and avid collector of rare coinage, Clarke  has always maintained his own collection of some variety.  It began with gum cards as a kid and then evolved into a record collection in his teens.  He also collected vintage 1960s Beatles toys and […]

In the Black Book series, Manny Prieres investigates books that bind American culture.  The pillars of literature often have a controversial history: banned, burned and reviled, these titles become even more appealing once they are marked as taboo.  What does mainstream culture want to hide? Prieres’s renderings are deceptively simple conveyed in various shades of black. […]

Purveyor of rare books and artworks, LEADAPRON is the destination to uncover titles culture vultures crave and likely never knew existed.  Owner Jonathan Brown shares some of the gems in his collection with Installation Magazine. All images © of LEADAPRON

Amir H. Fallah tells us how he’s changing Portraiture and opens up about his artistic process. The founder of Beautiful/Decay reflects on the evolution of his artistic growth, which is rooted in Death Metal, skateboarding and graffiti.  While he maintains a focus on his artwork, the ‘zine that he started in 1996 has functioned like […]

LA’s Lost Midas builds audio texture with digital analogue. It’s a weekday afternoon and we find ourselves in a makeshift basement recording studio doubling as a humble and intimate apartment off the Sunset Strip.  The city noise outside grows dim and distant, muffled by egg crate foam adhered at various degrees on the low ceiling. […]