Lea Lion

'The Lords & The New Creatures' at Nye+Brown: How Jim Morrison's Poetry Book Inspired an L.A. Art Show About Cars

Lea LionOctober 10, 2011

"Modern life is a journey by car." This sentence could have been written yesterday, but it actually appeared in The Lords and the New Creatures, Jim Morrison's first book of published poetry in 1971. Forty years later, little has changed: The car is still king in Los Angeles. Now, a......

Scarlett Lacey's Secret Paintings in 'Concealed/Revealed' Show: How a Blacklight Turns Landscapes Into Boobs

Lea LionSeptember 22, 2011

On a recent hot and sticky afternoon in Los Angeles, an artist and a reporter met in a building on the edge of Skid Row. They were on a mission to view secret paintings. The introductions went something like this: Reporter: Hello, my name is Lea Lion. Artist: Cool name......

DJ Turntables Become Art in Pop-Up Gallery Outside MOCA's 'Art in the Streets'

Lea LionJuly 28, 2011

Thanks to the rise of hip hop, the turntable transcended its status as an electronic device, emerged as the instrument of our time -- and gained a whole lotta respect in the process. Recently an exhibit titled "Art Mix" paid homage to the turntable as another art form: A blank......

Architecture and Design Museum's 'Come In! 2: Surf.Skate.Bike' Exhibit Let the Artists Run the Asylum. They Drew 'Boobies.'

Lea LionJuly 8, 2011

Even in the art world, where breaking the rules is the golden rule, some things still follow an equation. Take, for example, the gallery opening. It's one part boxed wine, one part background jazz, add some painting/sculpture/etc. and -- presto! -- it's an insta-art show. That is, unless the show is......

Canlove Answers the Question: Where Do Street Artists' Spray Paint Cans Go to Die?

Lea LionMay 24, 2011

When the mysterious British street artist Banksy left an image of a young boy holding a paint can next to the words "I remember when all this was trees" on the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit last year, some fans interpreted it as an environmentally minded statement. But if the......

Let Them Eat Cupcakes: Elizabeth Tobias' Cupcake Installation Art

Lea LionMarch 11, 2011

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 variation: "Let them eat cupcakes." In her piece, "Let Them Eat Cupcakes," Tobias......

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