Many young artists, especially those coming right out of school, find working as a studio assistant to be a valuable intermediary step. If they are lucky, they learn practical skills—and perhaps even more importantly—they make significant connections with more...
Nicholas Bowers: Second in Command
Yes, Shepard Fairey is a street art superstar, a highly collectible blue-chip artist, and a household name worthy of museum retrospectives. Fairey’s also a multiple-city muralist, a curator of talent with his own Subliminal Gallery and most recently a co-producer of...
Unsung Hero
Unbeknownst to many, the majority of sculptors that are known for creating large sculptures in bronze, never actually work with the material. Rather they sculpt in some alternative natural—such as clay or wax—then when the final aesthetic is reached, the object is...
ALL GROWN-UP: Made in L.A.
Climate experts have yet to advance their science to a point where we might seriously contemplate climate management, but if they ever do, they might find the curatorial method of “Made in L.A. 2014” instructive. This more sharply focused edition of the Hammer...
BOOKS: Billion Dollar Painter
If you asked beginning art students to name a living artist in 1998, the most frequent reply would be Thomas Kinkade. Given the art world’s fascination with popularity and money, this is hardly surprising. By this point in his career many upscale malls had galleries...
RETROSPECT: Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
The inclusion of Emil Nolde in the excellent exhibition, “Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is a brilliant decision, though Nolde was not known for joining groups for very long. Many of his...
ART BRIEF: Multiplicity
I attended the opening of a show of the recent work of David Hockney at the L.A. Louver gallery titled “The Arrival of Spring.” These colorful prints of the East Yorkshire English landscape were composed by Hockney on his iPad with an app that allowed him to create...
LONDON CALLING: Polly Morgan
There are artists for whom the process of making art has become primarily a lucrative business: the brands of Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst come to mind. Collectors and galleries make demands for signature work, and artists may reach a certain point where they delegate...
DECODER: A Guide
① Non-Dickheadsa) If 90 people are credited with making this art it’s okay because it looks like it might’ve actually taken 90 people to make this art—it’s as complicated as a movie. Or it is a movie. There are things about it to enjoy that you can enjoy for longer...
BUNKER VISION: TV CARNAGE
Five years ago, when news spread that Harmony Korine was shooting a feature on VHS, it was hailed as an ingenious use of a retro technology. More recently, the band Prodigy was lauded for shooting a music video on VHS. Alejandro González Iñárritu (Babel, 21 Grams)...
SHOPTALK
BOON OR BUSTPost Rail Plan on Wrong Track at Bergamot “They’re basically destroying Bergamot Station,” says Wayne Blank, who holds the master lease on the galleries and art institutions at the Bergamot Station arts complex. (He’s also the “Wayne” of Shoshana Wayne...
This Issue’s Cover
Our September/October cover is a portrait of Nicholas Bowers, the right-hand man for Shepard Fairey. Bowers goes where Fairey goes. Read about Bowers and his experience with Fairey and his own art, by Shelley Leopold.
Richard Heller opening
"Curated by Barry Belkin Photos by Lynda Burdick" From "NSFW" Group Show, Opening Reception. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 9/02/2014 (9 items) Jinx, Zak Smith, Mandy Morbid David & Lisa Trulli Richard & Kaye Heller Tony Pinto, Adrienne Grace Stephanie Pryor...
Nancy Popp
From Nancy Popp at Klowden Mann. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 9/02/2014 (8 items) Nancy Popp Deborah Klowden Eve Rappoport, George Stone, Martine Tomczyk Heidi Kidon Linda Pollack Lita Barrie, Karen Rosner Claudia Hulza, Martin Durazo Taisha Paggett, Simon Mayer...
PERFORM CHINATOWN 2014: Chaos Reigns!
"L.A.’S 6TH ANNUAL SHOWCASE OF PERFORMANCE ART Curated by: DOUG HARVEY, LEE LYNCH, PAIGE WERY, AND THE GALLERIES OF CHINATOWN July 26, 2014 Photos by Lynda Burdick" From PERFORM CHINATOWN 2014: CHAOS REIGNS!. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 8/14/2014 (45 items) Amy...
Nancy Popp at Klowden Mann
Nancy Popp's current solo exhibition at Klowden Mann, closing on August 9th, is the perfect exhibition to attend if you are not sure whether or not you are in the mood for photography, video, performance art or photographs of performance art. For the past several...
Pascal Dombis
Recently I went to Pascal Dombis’s Parisian studio to look into the large public artwork that he will be installing at end of this year at the National School of Architecture in Strasbourg. While there, I formulated some general reflections on his work. For...
Hennessy X Shepard Fairey Launch
"Launch party of the Hennessy V.S Limited Edition bottle designed by Shepard Fairey. July 11, 2014 Photos by KirillWasHere" From Hennessy X Shepard Fairey Launch. Posted by Artillery Magazine on 7/15/2014 (12 items) Ludovic Leroy, Pratt Institute; Ed Schilling, Ralph...