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JR on Alameda Street: 'The Wrinkles of the City' Appear at MOCA and Angel City Brewing

Shelley LeopoldFebruary 20, 2011

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles." For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. JR simultaneously tackles his biggest walls yet for his LA "Wrinkles" project. We're at two spots on Alameda,......

JR's 'The Wrinkles of the City' Heads Downtown to 4th Street

Shelley LeopoldFebruary 18, 2011

Read more about JR in "TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles."For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. "The weather is with us today," exclaims JR as he readies the next sheet of A3 for posting. LA......

TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles

Shelley LeopoldFebruary 17, 2011

For locations of "The Wrinkles of the City" pieces, see our Google map. Maybe you've noticed that L.A. is a flurry of street art activity lately, with Banksy up for an Oscar and all. However, there is another stealth creative foreigner in line for King of L.A. this week. JR,......

EMEK: An Interview with the Iconic '90s LA Music Poster Artist, Signing Tomorrow at Mr. Musichead

Shelley LeopoldDecember 3, 2010

Not all of us are as audacious or as talented to only be known by one name, but there is an LA-born poster maker who gets away with being both. You may recognize EMEK's work from the LA Weekly's political art pages in 2004, but more likely from the early......

Tweak Bird: Play Heavy, Sing Pretty

Shelley LeopoldSeptember 2, 2010

"To me, living in L.A. has made me want to write songs about escape," says Tweak Bird singer/guitarist Caleb Bird. "And travel, and things larger than our exist...

Jesus Lizard's David Yow Designs Queens of the Stone Age Benefit Show Poster, Presents Art Show at DIY Gallery (and Commemorates the Silver Lake Walking Man)

Shelley LeopoldAugust 11, 2010

DIY Gallery is tucked away on the literal edge of Sunset Blvd in Echo Park, a block with a suspenseful air signifying that really you have no business being there unless that's where you live. The space itself is tight and dry with a grate for a window, attracting a......

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Shelley LeopoldJuly 15, 2010

Opening today at secret art hot spot THIS: Los Angeles, South Carolina native John Hill Jr.'s first show on the West Coast, Drawn, celebrates obsessive comp...

HEY NEW YORK — BITE US!

Shelley LeopoldJune 10, 2010

Notice the subtle paradigm shift from New York being the center of the cultural universe. These days, L.A. is the place to be, not just for the weather but also...

Antonio Ballatore: The Lady Gaga of Interior Design

Shelley LeopoldMay 20, 2010

Unlike the consumer goods–obsessed East Coast housewives and the other stereotypical interior designers who populate reality TV shows of late, New York transplant and latest HGTV design star Antonio Ballatore is a man's man. The self-described "Lady Gaga of the network" won his own show on HGTV's Design Star (season......

Robert Williams: Hyena at a Dog Show

Shelley LeopoldMay 20, 2010

If you are traveling in contemporary creative circles, the work — or legend — of painter Robert Williams has likely influenced you in some way. In the '60s, Williams realized that hot rods could be art via his car collection and his work with Ed Roth. In the '70s, Williams......

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Shelley Leopold

JR on Alameda Street: 'The Wrinkles of the City' Appear at MOCA and Angel City Brewing

JR's 'The Wrinkles of the City' Heads Downtown to 4th Street

TED Award-Winning Street Artist JR Brings 'The Wrinkles of the City' to Los Angeles

EMEK: An Interview with the Iconic '90s LA Music Poster Artist, Signing Tomorrow at Mr. Musichead

Tweak Bird: Play Heavy, Sing Pretty

Jesus Lizard's David Yow Designs Queens of the Stone Age Benefit Show Poster, Presents Art Show at DIY Gallery (and Commemorates the Silver Lake Walking Man)

GET A LOAD OF THIS

HEY NEW YORK — BITE US!

Antonio Ballatore: The Lady Gaga of Interior Design

Robert Williams: Hyena at a Dog Show

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