Opps! I forgot to put this post directly after 'My Favorite Fabricators Part 1.' This ain't Huff Po. Here are the other artists I wanted to mention-
Kim Squaglia
Kim is signed to George Billis Gallery in Culver City's arts district. Her work is influenced by biological forms.
Soo Kim
Soo Kim, signed to Angles Gallery in Culver City. She teaches at Otis and her work is in the J. Paul Getty collection.
Larry Bell
Larry Bell! He has a special place in my heart because he was part of Los Angeles' art scene just as it was gaining momentum with The Ferus Gallery and Irving Blum. If you have a chance to watch the documentary The Cool School it's pretty entertaining. You can rent it on Netflix. It's tells the story of the origins of Los Angeles being a legitimate international art scene. He's represented by the Frank Lloyd Gallery at Bergamot Station. That gallery represents most of the artists talked about in The Cool School. I really love his work.
Everyone knows the music industry is discriminatory as far as age goes. Two examples that immediately come to mind are Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus…and Madonna's armpit hair; but I think opinions on her these days are unanimous.
Jay-Z has been in the industry for a very long time and black is starting to crack. He looks old and it seems to be affecting his creative choices, but he's made some really intelligent choices. He cited the origins of rap back in the early 80's when it was more interwoven with artists like Basquiat and Keith Harring; the first wave of graffiti artists to have success with legitimate galleries. He made a performance piece called "Picasso Baby: A Performance Art Film" and had really hard core artists in it, the guy did his homework. He has some major figures in the art world like Marina Abramovic, Laurie Simmons and Kehinde Wiley. He was rebranding himself in a very intelligent way; openly embracing art forms that influence music in the first place, like performance artist Marina Abramovic. A lot of painters are influenced by music, what comes to mind is Basquiat's work that is influenced by jazz musicians.
Fab 5 Freddy and Jean-Michel Baquiat!
I don't know, everything about Miley Cyrus' new 'look' has already been said. Both Jay-Z and Miley Cyrus are dealing with an insecurity, everyday you see people deal with insecurity well or poorly, these two celebrities are no different. What I found pathetic was Miley's manager Larry Rudolph emphatically saying after her MTV performance "Oh it was just what we wanted, that was the exact reaction we were hoping for." No one wants to see you molest Robin Thicke with your bizarre fetish fantasy Miley.
It's ALL lame, she even tried to bring Creepers shoes back. That ugly trend needs to stay in the 90's.
Perez Hilton's Halloween costume; the people have spoken.
December is a busy month. I usually draw portraits for family members as gifts and then there's all the tamale making, which can sometime take five hours. I didn't have time to go to art galleries so I'm going to list all my favorite artists that I have come across since I've been going to galleries regularly.
Chad Robertson
Chad Robertson! I love his work and did not put a post of his art. He's signed to Western Project in Culver City and has a show on January 10, 2015 there. He's a genius, hands down he's an exceptionally brilliant artist.
Joram Roukes
Joram Roukes is a Dutch artist living in Groningen, Netherlands. He shows a lot at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City.
Drew Young
Drew Young is a Canadian artist who shown internationally from Los Angeles, Tokyo, London to Bogota at the age of 27. Not to mention he's pretty hot.
Alex Yanes
Alex Yanes was born in Miami and is signed to Thinkspace Gallery. His work is influenced by the graphics of skateboards.
