Prototype Issue
LACMA's Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor
With all the large shows opening in museums around town this season, a jewel box of a show like LACMA's Doctrinal Nourishment: Art and Anarchism in the Time of James Ensor seemed to disappear under the radar.
An Artist Back Home
Antonio Pelayo hasn’t always had friends; He hasn’t always felt at home in his surroundings either, but he has always found refuge in drawing, an art he has practiced since he was 2.
Lassoing Drew Lesso
When I finally sat down with Drew Lesso he had just finished a composition that took longer than expected. Like most artistic geniuses, his mannerisms were fascinating and as he spoke his hands moved in perpetual fluid motion of loose fidgeting.
Pundin' the Art Scene with CCH Pounder
A self-described 'international small town girl', acclaimed South American-born actress CCH Pounder, who was raised on a sugar cane estate and now resides in LA, takes timeout to talk to RTLA.
Icons of Rock and the Imagination
Photographer Lynn Goldsmith has been lionizing popular musicians with her camera for over 30 years. She gained exclusive access to myriad rock stars as a young woman and her photographs of them became famous on the backs of their subjects.
Ménage à Art
How many people can say that they’ve had a One Night Stand with five beautiful women in a single evening?
Up to No Good
Over the course of three years, local silk screening crew Hit+Run have appeared at hundreds of parties, screened thousands of T-shirts and came dangerously close to becoming a mainstream success story.
THE TOY THEATER FESTIVAL: THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH
On the weekend Of June 14-16, I joined the lucky audience who attended the first Toy Theatre Festival at Disney Hall (the brainchild of the visionary Barbara Leonard, the Music Center's Artistic Director for Education and the Festival's Curator.)
The Emancipation of Cholo Style in LA
Notorious Tattoo Artist Mister Cartoon and Gritty Photographer Estevan Oriol Depict Street Culture in its Rawest Form.
When The Mainstream Comes a-Knockin’, Knock Back!
If you have empty walls in your apartment, house or flat that are just begging for some color, hit up one of local graffiti artist Joe Webb's exhibits. His pieces capture the essence of street art in LA.
Spray On: Graffiti Still the Word on LA Streets
Inspired by the New York subway scene of the 1960s and gang scrawlings of the early ’80s, graffiti was introduced to LA as part of an emerging hip-hop scene—even before many people knew what hip-hop was.
The Guardian of Chicano Art
Distinguished and elegant, Armando Duron, 52, lawyer and art lover, cuts a classic figure against the backdrop of his impressive eclectic 350-work collection of Chicano art.
Local Youth Make their Mark on MacArthur Park
Young students from MacArthur Park Primary School are getting the chance to make a mark in their community with the LA Board of Public Works Community Beautification project.
Strange Poetic Radiance
An Interview through Illustrations by James Mathers with Spoken Word Artist Saul Williams.
Around The Way
Originally produced for LATV, Around the Way is an urban eclectic cartoon strip developed by multi-talented writer and Bronx native, Cathy Thomas, and her partner in strips, William Kheel.
