You’d think the second weekend in March would be booming. Unfortunately, it isn’t: just a handful of things going on this weekend. However, looking at the calendar, next weekend is shaping up to be HUGE. Play it low key this weekend and prepare to go all out next weekend because there will be tons to do.
Traveling is just so difficult because it involves so much. You have to figure out what you are going to be bringing, you have to figure out how you are going to get to LAX, you have to figure out who is going to watch your dogs, and blah blah blah blah. It’s a lot! Angelenos travel a lot, even if it’s just a quick weekend trip to Palm Springs or a little vacation to Hawaii–and both instances take just as much out of you. One thing you shouldn’t have to worry about is your bag which, thankfully, we don’t have to think about anymore because Lexdray, a New York bag maker who recently was in Los Angeles, have perfected travel bags.
Not many of the Pacific Standard Time shows come with the caveat, “This exhibition contains mature content. Visitor discretion is advised.” Maybe Ed Kienholz’s Five Car Stud at LACMA received similar treatment when it was up a few months ago–but not an entire show. L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles at Pasadena Museum of California Art (one of our favorite art stops in town) is a show with this warning and is a fantastic survey of “abject expressionism” from Los Angeles.
While poking around Tumblr, we somehow came across the work of Nick Lu, a local illustrator and designer whose work we had seen before but didn’t know who it was from. Nick is very accomplished in his field, having worked for the New Yorker and Bicycling magazines and even creating a wallet for Poketo, likely the source of his familiarity.
A few weeks ago, we asked artists through the Pacific Standard Time Facebook and Twitter pages to share their thoughts with us. To highlight some of Southern California’s up-and-coming talent, we’ve spoken with a few of these artists and asked them about their work, how they draw inspiration from Southern California, and their thoughts on Pacific Standard Time. The third artist in the series is Steven Wolkoff, a local artist who is turning 2D paintings to 3D paintings with paint alone.
“Unseen” a new exhibition of works by UK street artist HUSH opens tonight at Corey Helford Gallery.
We can all agree that that last Muse album’s cover art was pretty nice and certainly wonderfully colorful. Apparently it has an LA base to it: the work used comes courtesy of LA’s Laboratory of Neuro Imaging. This is old news, sure, but we thought this was super great.
Poketo has teamed up with artist Lisa Congdon to create a series of tea towels off of her designs. They’re very pretty and would look fabulous in anyone’s kitchen.
Fashion website JC Report has a little article about boutiques they like in Los Angeles. Their picks include Wild Style by Joy Rich and Just One Eye. Nice!
Taste Of The Nation is having an event in Culver City on June 9. Lot sof local favorites will be involved–from A-Frame to Campanile to Mohawk Bend–and it is all for a good cause. Yum!
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