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*Tyler the Creator: Horsing Around
In a city where celebrity photographers are everywhere, there aren't very many portraits that can change Angelenos' perceptions of their beloved icons.
No stranger to working with the famous, Los Angeles-based artist Mark Ryden depicts all sorts of we ... More >>
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January 30, 2013See also:
*5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week
*25 Alternative L.A. Art Spaces to Check Out Now
*10 Places in L.A. to Draw Nude Models
With something like 400 modern and contemporary art galleries in L.A., and aesthetic taste being so subjective, picking just ten of the city's "best" galleries i ... More >>
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April 19, 2012Looking for a book about the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society? Perhaps you need a Jolly Roger doormat for the house. Maybe you just want to pick up some time-travel sickness pills, a spray-bottle of barbarian repellant or a few fresh dinosaur eggs before you blast to the past. Whatever yo ... More >>
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January 5, 2012There are more pet names for the vagina than for any other part of the female anatomy. True, you've got your various badonks and cahuengas --
but inversely proportionate to the insecurity women have about their
vaginas is the number of nice names by which they refer to them when no
one els ... More >>
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May 5, 2011"For the Birds" at Audubon Center at Debs Park
Five picks for arts events and exhibits opening this weekend, from LA Weekly's Calendar section:
1. "Peter Shire: Hokkaido Story Revisited: Late Spring" and "POP-SEQUENTIALISM: Great Comic Book Art of the Modern Age" at La Luz de Jesus
"At the d ... More >>
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February 17, 2011Music
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September 9, 2010Also Shonen Knife, the Vibrators, Karnivool and others
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September 9, 2010Gallery life: openings, closures and reopenings
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May 14, 2010"Frick 'n Frack" by Sarina BrewerThe world seems to reliably divide up into two camps where taxidermy is concerned. Camp number one hates the idea of dead animals hanging on their living room walls. Camp number two loves it, can't get enough of it.
Within that second camp, there is a subset ... More >>
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April 1, 2010Blogs
April 1, 2010La Luz de Jesus GalleryDemonstrative cakeWhen was the last time you poured a cup of tea for your cream puff or gave your cupcake a nice back rub? Not too recently? We didn't think so. That might be one reason why these desserts don't look too happy.
The perfect baked goodie has the power to ... More >>
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January 21, 2010Ginny Bishton, Tim Ebner and Mark Todd
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November 26, 2009Music
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October 10, 2008The details are still sketchy, but close friends of musician and artist Gidget Gein (aka Brad Stewart) tell us he was found dead yesterday of an apparent OD in his home in Burbank. Considering his macabre sensibilities, we'd hoped this was some kind of goth stunt, but calls to the LA Coroner today c ... More >>
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February 28, 2008No trash; in with the out crowd; empire Burlesque
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January 17, 2008For the week of Jan. 18-24
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November 29, 2007Viper Room still has bite; the music underground; punk books rock
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September 14, 2007There are a lot of art shows around town well worth checking out.
Miles Thompson's show, "CA," at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd. in Los Feliz runs through Sept. 30.
More images from the opening here.
Luke Chueh's "Paintings of Hope" is at Gallery 1988 on Melrose and LaBrea.
More photo ... More >>
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September 13, 2007For the week of November 9 - 15
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May 24, 2007Art+Books
March 22, 2007The strange trajectory of Mark Ryden
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February 8, 2007For the week of Feb. 8 - 15
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December 7, 2006LA Life
November 23, 2006Local shops become once-a-month art galleries
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September 28, 2006The post-postapocalyptic, post-9/11, post-staring-at-the-walls show
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October 27, 2005Billy Shire and La Luz de Jesus
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October 27, 2005Or, how outlaw art went mainstream
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October 6, 2005Art+Books
November 27, 2003And the aesthetics of paranoia: Joe Coleman, the Clayton Brothers and Lari Pittman
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October 16, 2003Art+Books
April 24, 2003Mark Ryden's creepy miniatures, Jonathan Rosen's hybrid monsters
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August 8, 2002Juan Diego got his halo with help from the worldly and shrewd Bishop Cepeda
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April 12, 2001Art+Books
February 1, 2001La Luz de Jesus, Pink and Circle Elephant Art
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December 30, 1999Vallance, McCarthy, Besemer, Ott, Calabrese, more
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