Tag Archives: Gallery

Featured Gallery Music Sex and Celebrity: The Naked and Famous

by Nicole Pajer and Catie Laffoon
August 17, 2011 - 10:13 am

If I was challenged with the task of naming a band, I don’t know that I could do any better than The Naked and Famous Band. Sex and celebrity combined into one epic band title – does it get any better than that?

The band, worthy of such an impactful identity, topped the charts in New Zealand, – marking the first time a native “Kiwi” band has done so in 16 years – after single “Young Blood” took off on BBC Radio. They’ve since made their way across the shores and after several talked about South by Southwest performances, have been selling out shows left and right, leaving fans in awe of the quintet’s electro pop infused rock.

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Art Featured Gallery All Creatures Great and Small: Jennifer Angus

by Nicole Pajer and Zoetica Ebb
July 28, 2011 - 10:51 am

While on my way to check out an exhibit that had been on my radar for some time, I walked past a room with blue walls, a file cabinet, and various displays. I almost passed by but did a double take when it was brought to my attention that everything inside was created with insects. My unexpected detour had led me into Jennifer Angus’s “All Creatures Great and Small,” an outlandish exhibit that employs the use of multi-colored insects, beeswax figurines, vintage dollhouses, tribal patterns, and Dia de los Muertos skulls.

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Art Gallery Love And Other Audacities: Ann Weber

by Nicole Pajer and Zoetica Ebb
July 27, 2011 - 11:00 am

It’s pretty amazing what some artists use as their canvas; Ann Weber is no exception. The San Francisco-based sculptor takes cardboard and transforms it into a realm of love and relationships. Using only cardboard, staples, and shellac, she creates her own characters, each with a very unique identity.

Weber’s work can currently be seen at the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum in an exhibit titled, “Love and Other Audacities.” Walking into the exhibit, you are greeted with colossal cardboard sculptures, which are both architecturally dynamic and sensuous. Weber takes you into the land of her cardboard forms, each with their own crucial role within the exhibition.

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Art Gallery No Boys Allowed: All Female Street Art

by Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing
July 22, 2011 - 10:20 am

LAB ART is currently featuring “Miss Danger on the Loose,” an all female street art exhibit which showcases the work of some of the city’s most up and coming artists including: Lydia Emily, Becca Midwood, K H No.7, Sara Incognito, Clio, Random Acts, Adventures, Ease Kym CBS, Lori Michael and Gretta Kuresi.

For an “invite only” soirée, the official “Miss Danger on the Loose” launch party was packed. Crowds of people lined up in the hopes of getting to the front of the line before capacity was reached while those not on the list attempted to butter up the bouncers enough to get in. Those that made it inside were able to feat their eyes on over 50 paintings, photographs, and installation pieces created by some pretty amazing women.

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Art Gallery Outlaw Artisans: The Renegade Craft Fair

by Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing
July 21, 2011 - 10:34 am

Are you looking to stock up on your felt jewelry, giant turkey leg stuffed animals, owl pillows, or cupcake candles? If so, you’ll be happy to know that you can pick up all of those items and more at the Renegade Craft Fair.

The eclectic indie art fair travels the globe, making stops in Austin, Brooklyn, London, Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. This is the place where you find the interesting and obscure knickknacks to collect dust on your shelves, the accessories sure to kick start a conversation, and the gifts that will top what everyone else brought for the birthday guest of honor.

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Art Gallery I’m Getting Too Old For This Sh*t: Crazy 4 Cult 5

by Dustin Downing
July 13, 2011 - 11:36 am

Gallery 1988 on Melrose just unveiled one of their most popular annual art shows – Crazy 4 Cult. Long time film aficionado and gallery bossman Jensen Karp, “For years I had wanted to ask a group of artists to have a show which pays tribute to their favorite films.” Now in its 5th incarnation, this group show had asked for submissions from 100 pop-artists practicing various mediums to interpret some of their favorite cult celluloid.

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Art Gallery Celebrating the Birth of L.A. Art

by Nicole Pajer and Catie Laffoon
June 29, 2011 - 10:43 am

Many of today’s artistic trends can be attributed to the experimental and groundbreaking artists who emerged from the Los Angeles art world. In order to celebrate the birth of the L.A. art scene, over 60 Southern California cultural institutions are teaming up to present Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 – 1980.

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Gallery Music Sleigh Bells Chime into The Studio for More Treats

by Barbie Brady and Joe Gall
May 26, 2011 - 9:49 am

The unclassifiable Sleigh Bells are heading back into the Studio this coming June to start recording their follow up project to the wildly successful Treats. If you have not yet heard of this amazingly talented duo you must. They are fresh and forward. They sound like nothing before them and have a power all of their own. If Trent Reznor and Terri Nunn had a baby (assuming of course that the indelible Nunn could stomach the incorrigible Reznor) their offspring would most likely sound a lot like Sleigh Bells.

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Featured Gallery Music Falling For France: Yelle

by Nicole Pajer and Sidney Bensimon
May 26, 2011 - 9:43 am

With her explicit lyrics, edgy beats, and spunky personality, Yelle might single handedly be responsible for making the US fall in love with France. Julie Budet (Yelle) and her band, consisting of Jean-Francois Perrier (GrandMariner) and Tanguy Destable (Tepr), have been out on the road for a 6-week tour in support of their latest release, Safari Disco Club.

Backstage before the show at Los Angeles’s Music Box, Yelle greeted us with a smile and a look that would have taken the average person a team of stylists to assemble. Dressed in spotted animal print pants and a black scoop neck shirt, sporting a soft pretzel necklace and Eiffel Tower earrings, she pulled up a chair and began expressing her love for America.

In an interview with ChinaShop, Yelle discusses remixing songs for Katy Perry and Robyn, getting used to American culture, and dressing to impress on stage.

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