Often imitated never duplicated, legendary artist Peter Max has a way with vibrant imagery, color and design that evokes fantasy and reality in a way that is not only pleasing to the eye, but to the mind. His work is -in a word- “trippy.” It has evolved over the decades though, from more animated 60-era [...]

RAW, an independent arts organization “for artists, by artists” that spans 54 cities across the U.S. has quite an impressive group here in Los Angeles. Their mission is to provide  independent artists the tools, resources and exposure necessary to cultivate viable careers in their chosen fields, which range from film to fashion to music to visual art [...]

When vintage fiend and t-shirt collector Cesar Padilla came out with the book Ripped: T-Shirts from the Underground, two years ago, it struck a nerve with music fans. Music books and collector books are nothing new, but no tome had ever really captured the essence of fandom and shall we say, scenester-dom, represented in classic, worn-in [...]

Carmageddon. By name, it sounds like a cheesy 80′s schlockfest, by media myth, it was to be every LA commuter’s worst nightmare. With the city on high alert and grid locked from end-to-end, residents were going to be left stranded and abandoned in forced stagnation. With roadwork, detours, and freeway closures stemming from much needed [...]

Swap meets, flea markets, and garage sales… Hollywood has been host to all of the above, in the multitudes. In the world of “upcycled fashion,” every avenue is a potential for a trash-to-treasure find. And by every avenue, we literally mean every avenue, as these parking lot pop up shops seem to be taking over [...]

True to her real life Barbie doll persona, Hollywood icon Angelyne premiered her latest art exhibit– her first solo exhibit in 13 years– this weekend at the Burgundy Room bar’s adjacent gallery in Hollywood saturday night. The collection is yet another act of shameless self-promotion by the artist who clearly has no intention of apologizing [...]

It’s that time of the month again. No, not that time– a much more festive and welcomed time of the month. Tonight the streets of Downtown LA will be swarmed with pedestrians all on a self-guided stroll through the various art shops and galleries. The monthly Downtown Artwalk draws creators and patrons of art, food, [...]

Unconventional, three-dimensional canvases allow artists to showcase their skill as well as their imaginations in ways that paper or flat surfaces cannot. And while spherical pieces or “balls” have been transformed by paint and sculptural embellishment before, the challenges of a golf ball haven’t been attempted in an exhibit setting. For good reason: the bumpy [...]

If there’s any one figure that was synonymous with the mystique of Hollywood as fame factory and fantasyland, it was Angelyne. Thanks to her once ubiquitous billboards around town, the perpetually pink blonde bombshell was kind of the unofficial mascot of Tinseltown. In a city full of celebs, Angelyne and her pink corvette were one [...]

Plastic God’s colorful likenesses of pop stars and worship-worthy icons on white box backgrounds are instantly recognizable both for their symmetrical perfection and the way they convey the essence of each subject’s features with skillful detail. The Los Angeles artist’s work is often seen at the coolest LA group shows (we first discovered his work [...]