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January 19, 2012
What is Performance Art?
Are Lady Gaga and Mitt Romney performance artists? The mainstream press has said so, and there's not much to stop them. As an artistic practice, performance art is what happens when an event or action is framed for an audience. Which means it could be anything, really. So what distinguishes self-awa ... More >>
Art+Books
January 12, 2012
Pacific Standard Time Performance Art Festival Preview
Are Lady Gaga and Mitt Romney performance artists? The mainstream press has said so, and there's not much to stop them. As an artistic practice, performance art is what happens when an event or action is framed for an audience. Which means it could be anything, really. So what distinguishes self-awa ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2011
5 Artsy Things to Do This Week: From MOCA's Controversial Gala to Christmas in Chinatown
Courtesy Cirrus GalleryDoug Edge's Pure Air Hope Chest, made of cast resin in 1971 Like summer group shows, holiday group shows are hit-and-miss. But two good ones are up right now, one in Inglewood and one downtown, and both mix barely heard-of artists with those who have been around. 5. M ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2011
Harry Gamboa of Asco: How A Chicano Performance Group Turned Oppression into Dangerous Fun
LACMA's show "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, a Retrospective 1972-1987," highlighting the famed performance art group, closed on Sunday. Harry Gamboa Jr., one of Asco's original members, grew up in East L.A. and continues to work as a performance artist and writer. By Harry Gamboa, Jr., as told to Cat ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Ready for Some Action?
LACMA's show "Asco: Elite of the Obscure, a Retrospective 1972-1987," highlighting the famed performance art group, closed on Sunday. Harry Gamboa Jr., one of Asco's original members, grew up in East L.A. and continues to work as a performance artist and writer. By Harry Gamboa, Jr., as told to Cat ... More >>
Blogs
November 22, 2011
Bert Rodriguez at OHWOW Gallery: Prankster Artist Cooks Toilet Pudding with Mom and Unveils Film making sh*t up
On Saturday night, in the all-white, otherwise empty space of OHWOW gallery, Bert Rodriguez, a conceptual prankster widely known for his boyish charm and big heart, did a collaborative piece with his mother in which they cooked and served a traditional Cuban meal of rice, beans, picadilllo (a tomato ... More >>
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November 10, 2011
I Can't Believe They Pay Me For This Shit
On Saturday night, in the all-white, otherwise empty space of OHWOW gallery, Bert Rodriguez, a conceptual prankster widely known for his boyish charm and big heart, did a collaborative piece with his mother in which they cooked and served a traditional Cuban meal of rice, beans, picadilllo (a tomato ... More >>
Art+Books
September 29, 2011
Heather Cassils Gets Ripped for LACE Performance Art Show
On Saturday night, in the all-white, otherwise empty space of OHWOW gallery, Bert Rodriguez, a conceptual prankster widely known for his boyish charm and big heart, did a collaborative piece with his mother in which they cooked and served a traditional Cuban meal of rice, beans, picadilllo (a tomato ... More >>
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Pacific Standard Time: Timeline 1945-1980
A short, admittedly reductive guide to postwar L.A. art
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Barbara T. Smith: How Divorce Causes Performance Art
A short, admittedly reductive guide to postwar L.A. art
Art+Books
September 22, 2011
Pacific Standard Time: Celebrating the Freaks and Weirdos of L.A. Art
A short, admittedly reductive guide to postwar L.A. art
Calendar
August 4, 2011
Freak Machine
A short, admittedly reductive guide to postwar L.A. art
Blogs
August 1, 2011
Perform Chinatown Festival: Vikings, Bunnies, Unicorns, Masturbation, an Emperor With (Literally) No Clothes and More
Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes" Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>
Stage
May 26, 2011
Roger Guenveur Smith's Juan and John
Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes" Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>
Music
May 12, 2011
Music to Pick Up/Download
Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes" Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>
Calendar
March 31, 2011
That Alien Feeling
Catherine WagleyJohn Kilduff (a.k.a. Mr Let's Paint) painting a character actor who appeared as "The Emperor with No Clothes" Vikings, oversized bunnies, an itinerant matchmaker, a painting instructor doubling as a life coach and running on a treadmill, an impromptu dinner party, a woman mast ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Let Them Eat Cupcakes: Elizabeth Tobias' Cupcake Installation Art
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Hello Larry
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
DIRECT FROM BERLIN!
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
League of Imaginary Scientists
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
OUT THERE
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Andy Warhol's Frankenstein
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
Calendar
June 17, 2010
WHO'S YOUR TIA?
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
Calendar
March 25, 2010
My Barbarian
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR RACHEL
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Intimacies
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Chesapeake
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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September 17, 2009
I SCREAM. YOU SCREAM. WE ALL SCREAM AND SCREAM SOME MORE
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
Music
June 18, 2009
Proud, Out and About
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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May 7, 2009
EVERYTHING'S BETTER IN SANTA MONICA!
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
LA Life
April 23, 2009
LA People 2009: Renaissance Man — Ruben Guevara
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Live Artillery
Jennifer DozierElizabeth Tobias in downtown L.A. When Marie Antoinette was told that the people of France were starving, she supposedly responded, "Let them eat cake." Now, thanks to Los Angeles-based performance artist Elizabeth Tobias, the Queen of France's oft-quoted phrase has yet another ... More >>
Art+Books
April 24, 2008
The Branding of Allan Kaprow: Anti-Warhol, Anti-Star
"This is really happening"
Stage
November 8, 2007
Chloe Doesn't Live Here Anymore
After her big kiss with El Rushbo, 24�s Mary Lynn Rajskub returns to her darker standup roots
Stage
November 8, 2007
Chloe Does't Live Here Anymore
After her big kiss with El Rushbo,24’s Mary Lynn Rajskub returns to her darker standup roots
LA Life
September 27, 2007
Shoot to Thrill
The ever-evolving photo booth
Music
August 23, 2007
Fuck the DNA
The evolution continues with the return of Genesis P-Orridge and Psychic TV
Art+Books
July 26, 2007
Corpsefucker Makes Good
Up the hill backwards with John Duncan and Paul McCarthy
Art+Books
May 17, 2007
Miranda July's Childlike, Unchildlike Art
Making things
News
May 20, 2004
Who Are the Black Sheep Now?
NEA war ghosts at Highways' quincea�era
Columns
April 15, 2004
The Thin White Line
NEA war ghosts at Highways' quincea�era
Stage
November 6, 2003
Ten Cents a Performance Art
How to classify La Ribot?
Music
April 24, 2003
Cease to Exist
The opening of Genesis P-Orridge
News
May 30, 2002
Summer Calendar
The opening of Genesis P-Orridge
News
August 9, 2001
The View from Stage Left
The opening of Genesis P-Orridge
News
March 29, 2001
Take Me to the River
L.A.�s hopes for a new park
Supplement
November 26, 1998
Critical Mass
From Johanna Went to Madame Tussaud: 20 years of arts coverage
Art+Books
March 5, 1998
Je Voudrais Del Taco
Orlan goes to the desert
Art+Books
February 26, 1998
Reconstructing the Ephemeral
Performance art and the Schimmel effect
Art+Books
February 19, 1998
The Low Life
Performance art and the Schimmel effect
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