SUMMER 2009
May 27, 2009 – 9:12 pm | 3 Comments

The Summer issue will hit newsstands by June 12. Our cover story is an in-depth feature on street artist Mr. Brainwash who is as popular as Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles right now. Hot off …

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CARMEL ART & FILM FESTIVAL
July 3, 2009 – 7:09 am | No Comment

Located in charming and sophisticated Carmel-by-the-Sea, along California’s breath-taking Central Coast, the Carmel Art & Film Festival promises four days of total arts immersion. The festival will include: film, music, fine art, and photography, showcased throughout the picturesque village and the historic Sunset Cultural Arts Center – a gorgeous multi-use facility that includes exhibition space, lecture halls and a world class renovated 700 seat theatre with plush seating, beautiful architecture and superior acoustics. The director of the Sundance Film Festival is curating the film portion of the event, juried fine art and photography exhibitions will open that weekend, with outdoor projection photography exhibits, art lectures, music, and fine wine and food all promising to attract art lovers from all corners. The Carmel Art and Film Festival will run from October 8th – 11th.   www.carmelartandfilm.com

MR. BRAINWASH - LIMITED EDITION PRINT (SOLD OUT!!!)
June 15, 2009 – 9:15 am | No Comment
MR. BRAINWASH - LIMITED EDITION PRINT (SOLD OUT!!!)

Your opportunity to own one-of-a-kind Mr. Brainwash art will be this Friday (June 12 @ 3:00 p.m. PST). He created exclusive screen prints of Legend, 22 x 30 inches, with nine different background colors. Edition …

ERIC ZENER
June 14, 2009 – 10:47 am | No Comment
ERIC ZENER

Ask soon-to-be first time parents how they feel and most will tell you the emotions are overwhelming; an explosive cocktail of fear, anxiety, love, hope and anticipation. For the mother, the physical changes alone are …

SEAN CHEETHAM
June 14, 2009 – 10:41 am | No Comment
SEAN CHEETHAM

I met Sean Cheetham at the L.A. Art Show. There were several artists hanging out at the booth. We were introduced, but Sean didn’t say much. At first I thought he was shy, or maybe …

SHEPARD FAIREY
June 13, 2009 – 8:30 am | No Comment
SHEPARD FAIREY

Armed with an armful of posters, a bucket of glue and more messages than an “I Hate George Bush” voicemail box, Shepard Fairey’s creative guns are blaring. Loud and proud, he’s literally sticking it to …

MR. BRAINWASH
June 4, 2009 – 10:55 am | No Comment
MR. BRAINWASH

Two industrial-sized buckets full of pink paint rest on the floor of a dimly lit Los Angeles garage. Mr. Brainwash grunts as he heaves the contents against two bare, off-white walls. The stomach soothing shade …

WOLFGANG BLOCH
June 4, 2009 – 10:30 am | 2 Comments
WOLFGANG BLOCH

The breeze whistles carrying with it the cleansing smell of sea salt. Fine grains of warm brown sand funnel through bare toes. The sun dances on a blue-green foreground giving way to navy and then …

GWYNN MURRILL
June 4, 2009 – 10:27 am | No Comment
GWYNN MURRILL

The big cat sits quietly in a kind of artistic purgatory, but clearly closer to damnation than salvation. His paws have been severed and dried epoxy oozes from the crack around neck. The artificial glue …

PAUL POTTS
June 4, 2009 – 10:00 am | No Comment
PAUL POTTS

If heaven exists… rolling timpanis will part the clouds, soothing strings will swing open the pearly gates, angels’ tongues will greet you in Italian and God will sing opera like Paul Potts.
Passione is the Welshman’s …

RAIMONDS STAPRANS
June 4, 2009 – 9:07 am | No Comment
RAIMONDS STAPRANS

By Eastern European standards he was a child a privilege. The family had a nice third floor apartment overlooking the hospital where his father worked as a surgeon. A mortuary was located next to the …

PAOLO NUTINI
June 4, 2009 – 8:51 am | No Comment
PAOLO NUTINI

He shared stages with The Rolling Stones, opened for a reunited Led Zeppelin and has smoked Willie Nelson’s weed. He sold millions of records, played everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Montreux Jazz Festival and …

STEPHEN MALLON - DOCUMENTING FLIGHT 1549
June 4, 2009 – 8:03 am | No Comment
STEPHEN MALLON - DOCUMENTING FLIGHT 1549

It was a frigid January evening and Stephen Mallon was sitting in a bar in New York City during happy hour with his wife. Images of U.S. Air flight 1549 were all over the TV. …

THE WESTON FAMILY
June 3, 2009 – 11:53 am | No Comment
THE WESTON FAMILY

Beckoning ten slouchy teenagers into his living room, Kim Weston announces with a sweep of his hand, ”Don’t be shy, look around. This isn’t a museum—this is my home!” In fact, it’s both. Kim does …