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Art/Design Gallery Twin Peaks Celebrates 20th Anniversary at Clifton’s

February 25, 2011 - 11:35 am

This month, Twin Peaks is celebrating its 20^th anniversary. Conceived and created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the haunting TV series ran its fleeting course in the early nineties, suffering tremendous interferences at the hands of ratings-hungry studio execs. Despite its untimely conclusion, Twin Peaks received critical acclaim and spawned a devoted cult following. The plot unfolded around the shocking murder of a prom queen in a fictional Washington town, and the arrival of Seattle FBI agent, Dale Cooper, sent to solve the mystery. The eccentricities and shady undercurrents of small-town life are the heart of the show, though. Coffee, pie, doughnuts, trees and owls – daily staples of Twin Peaks life – became the show’s iconic motifs, and were prominently featured in the artwork of In the Trees – an art event commemorating the series.

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Art/Design Gallery Miniature Masterpieces: Post It 6 at Giant Robot

by Dustin Downing

February 23, 2011 - 11:06 am

Giant Robot’s physical space in Santa Monica GR2 hosted “Post It Show 6” recently in conjunction with artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson at the helm as curators and I forgot to tell you about it… I did. I had even gone down there and shot nice images of some of the almost 2,000 pieces you could pick up starting at only $20.

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Art/Design Manifest Equality Gallery – Los Angeles

by Joshua Glazer

March 5, 2010 - 11:42 am

On the historic night when Barack Obama was elected as the first African American President of the United States, while people flooded the streets from Harlam to Hollywood, my particular neighborhood was subdued. And it wasn’t because I dwell in a particularly Republican enclave. In fact, my local stretch of Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood is known as boys town. We’re as liberal as you can get in these parts. But along with Obama’s victory came news that Proposition 8 had effected a ban on gay marriage in California. A sobering reminder that as much reason as their was to celebrate, there was still work to be done. Read the full story →

Art/Design Event Gallery Baby Tattoo Presents: Dr. Sketchy’s LA Re-Launch

by Zoetica Ebb

May 14, 2009 - 9:03 pm

Art, boobs, booze! Do we have your attention? That’s the idea behind Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School. Founded in 2005 by fierce New York artist Molly Crabapple, the cabaret life drawing phenomenon has spread across the globe, now boasting over eighty chapters in several continents, everywhere from China to France. For four years artists, burlesque performers, and drunks have joined forces under the Dr. Sketchy’s flag to dispel art scene pretense in the name of creativity and fun.

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