You know what we are going to say but we shouldn’t even have to say it: there is a lot to do this weekend and PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ENDS!!! GO SEE THE SHOWSSS!!!! But, aside from that, lots of cool things going on from a Hooker Beauty Pageant to an Occupy art event to a clean up of Echo Park to Thai New Year. Check it out in The Recap!
Los Angeles was once “the mural capital of the world.” Did you know that? There was once a time when there were actually even more murals than there are today: that day really existed! The high point was apparently around the Olympic games in 1984 and tapered off as a result of being associated with gang activity. In 2002, the city stopped allowing murals, banning them for the most part. Now, it’s time to take back our walls and get back to being the artists’ city we are. And, thanks to the LA Freewalls project, this will become a reality.
Whenever you go into Heath Ceramics, they’ve somehow found some other cool local to place or artist to share in their shop that none of us have any idea existed. A few weeks back, we stumbled into a sugary treasure of candies from around town and, when checking out Marfa Amigos this past Sunday, we found the work of Rachel Craven.
Yesterday we shared the work of Erik Mark Sandberg, a cool artist who paints people as these hairy creatures. His work was really familiar and as if you’d seen it somewhere. A similar person popped up within the past day, as if we’d seen him before: Victor Castillo, whose work of creepy/crazy/cool clown people have once again popped up onto our radar.
Didn’t this week suck, just a little? Don’t blame it on the giant rainstorm, the cancellation of Beerathon or Bobby Brown’s DUI ‑ it’s because The Sucklord is in town to release his “shittiest Suckadelic figure in years.” Prepare yourself for SUPER-CALI SUCK-HOLE, Sucklord’s 43 toy release. The mastermind of bootleg toys returns to Los Angeles for the “I’m Still Alive” Birthday Signing & Toy Release — tonight at Munky King Toys.
We haven’t heard from the Silver Lake Chorus for a little bit so here’s an update on what they’re doing: they have a show Friday at the Bootleg Theater. The Spring Standards will be performing, too.
Opening May 25 at Night Gallery is a little two person show from artists Anna Rosen and Matt Connolly. One thing you need to know: Rosen’s work is all about how great Sketcher’s Shape-Up shoes are. This is kind of brilliant and very hysterical. The show is open through June 22.
We really liked this story from KCET about artist Mark Bryan, a San Luis Obispo based artist who does pretty funny political cartoon-y paintings.
Vincent Price Art Museum has some great looking upcoming shows–and there are a lot of them, too. First, May 23 through July 26 will be their 2013 Juried Student Art Exhibition. Running at the same time in their HOY SPACE is the work of Ana Serrano. If you remember, Serrano did the Salon Of Beauty that totally went viral a few years back. Don’t miss this!
Local musician Pi Jacobs has a few upcoming shows around California but, most notably, she’ll be performing in Venice Beach on June 20. She sounds like a cool rocker chick: check it out!
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