Trash Metropolis Story and interview by Zia Rodelo TRASH METROPOLIS March 8 – April 6, 2014 Thumbprint Gallery La Jolla, CA 92037 Art in general has always been around offering many aesthetic pleasures and giving us the opportunity to view life though different perspectives. Contemporary urban artist GMONIK interprets the modern city life’s influences through his art. After living three […]
GMONIK solo exhibit: Trash Metropolis (until April 6)
artist profile: Matthew Land
[Fine Art] Interview: Matthew Land A realist painter talks about the wussification of the human race and the risk of putting oneself out there, artistically. [This article originally appeared in print as the cover story in issue 47.] Reviewer Rob: Talk about the metaphor of the Lighter Series, how the modern butane lighter is a powerful tool of civilization. Is it a good […]
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CRAZY EYE: Punkrock Thug Life with Ben johnson
Grammatical Tales On The Road With Tourettes Lautrec Ben Johnson’s adventurous 1997 tale from a tour in his early band to pre-Katrina New Orleans … Back in 1997, my band at the time, Tourettes Lautrec, was headed out on our fi rst nationwide tour. Through countless hours on the phone, calling bars that redirected you to varied booking agents and/or […]
Japanese Contemporary Artist – SHINICHI SUGIMOTO
By Anjela Piccard Visiting Artist SHINICHI SUGIMOTO “City of Gravity” Tweet One of the oldest and most famous metropolises in Japan, Kyoto, undoubtedly inspires the work of artist Shinichi Sugimoto. This international exhibition titled “City of Gravity” transcends its literal translation, “movement of energy”, and guides us toward a fragmented and dystopic urban chaos. This series of paintings questions everything […]
Interview with Artist Chris Trueman @White Box Contemporary
[Video Q&A] Chris Trueman Discusses His New Series Tweet Lineage, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Chris Trueman Posted by Katherine Sweetman video interview HERE and below “Lineage” A solo exhibition of new paintings by Chris Trueman For his third solo exhibition with White Box Contemporary Trueman expands on a developing body of work that revolves around the construction […]
Down with the sickness – Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Of Animation
[Film] Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival Of Animation Tweet 20th Anniversary, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Art, spikeandmike.com The internet has disrupted so many reliable institutions, it looks like Sick And Twisted Festival of Animation is one of them. Back in the early to mid 1980’s was when I first heard about this annual event called Spike & […]
album review: Kut U Up, Worse Than Wolves EP
Chill Punks Release Date: July 2, 2013, digitally and on limited edition 12” black-and-clear swirl vinyl EP Reviewed by Brent D. Tharp Local San Diego band Kut U Up* have chilled out. Apparently, it took a while. More than ten years have passed since they put out Pulled Over…Your Eyes Are Telling Me Different Son, and starred in […]
The 3D of COSPLAY: Interview with Director/Producer team Gulliver Parascandolo and Christine Kasal
[Interview] The 3D of COSPLAY Tweet Director-Producers Gulliver Parascandolo and Christine Kasal Interview conducted, article written and posted by Katherine Sweetman [3D COSPLAY (Costume play)] I work in the 3D film production industry, and I’ve met a lot of people in this field, but I have never met anyone as passionate about 3D as Gulliver Parascandolo and Christine Kasal. This enthusiastic power […]